Al-Mujaydil

al-Mujaydil المْجيدل
Etymology: The little watch-tower[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Mujaydil (click the buttons)
al-Mujaydil Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°40′42″N 35°14′39″E / 32.67833°N 35.24417°E / 32.67833; 35.24417
Palestine grid	173/231
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Nazareth
Date of depopulation	15 July 1948[4]
Area [3]
• Total	18,836 dunams (18.836 km2 or 7.273 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	1,900[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Migdal HaEmek, Yifat

Al-Mujaydil (Arabic: المْجيدل (also: al-Mujeidil^[5]) was an Arab-Palestinian village located 6 km southwest of Nazareth. Al-Mujaydil was one of a few towns that achieved local council status by the Mandatory Palestine government. In 1945, the village had a population of 1,900 and total land area of 18,836 dunams – mostly Arab-owned. The population was partly Christian and the town contained a Roman Catholic church and monastery.

After the 1948 depopulation of Palestine, it was destroyed and overbuilt by Migdal HaEmek.