Mukhmas
Mukhmas | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | مُخماس |
Mikhmas from the west | |
Mukhmas Location of Mukhmas within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°52′22″N 35°16′37″E / 31.87278°N 35.27694°E | |
| Palestine grid | 176/142 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Quds |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 1,363 |
| Name meaning | Michmash |
Mukhmas (Arabic: مُخماس) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located northeast of Jerusalem, in the center of the West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,363 in 2017.
During the early Ottoman period, it was a Muslim village with a population engaged in agriculture. Following the Oslo Accords, Mukhmas' jurisdiction, now under the Palestinian Authority, is divided between Areas B and C.