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Majdal Shams
مجدل شمس מג'דל שמס | |
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 Majdal Shams in May 2009 | |
| Coordinates: 33°16′N 35°46′E / 33.267°N 35.767°E | |
| Country | Israeli-annexed Syrian territory |
| District (Israel) | Northern District |
| Subdistrict (Israel) | Golan Subdistrict |
| Governorate (Syria) | Quneitra Governorate |
| District (Syria) | Quneitra District |
| Elevation | 1,130 m (3,710 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 11,458 |
| Website | https://www.majdal.co.il/ |
| Founded either at the end of the 16th, or during the 18th century[2][3] | |
Majdal Shams (Arabic: مجدل شمس; Hebrew: מַגְ'דַל שַׁמְס) is a town in the Golan Heights, located in the southern foothills of Mount Hermon. Known as the informal "capital" of the region, the town's residents are almost entirely Druze. Since the 1967 Arab–Israeli War, Majdal Shams has been controlled by Israel, although the international community recognizes it (along with the rest of the Golan Heights) as part of Syria.[4] It was initially administered under the Israeli Military Governorate, but was incorporated into Israel's system of local councils after the Knesset ratified the Golan Heights Law in 1981, effectively annexing the territory in a move that has been officially recognized only by the United States, which did so by through a March 2019 presidential proclamation.
Of the four remaining Syrian Druze communities in the Israeli-occupied territories (on Israel's side of Mount Hermon and the Golan Heights), Majdal Shams is the largest,[5] together with Ein Qiniyye, Mas'ade, and Buq'ata. Although they are administratively lumped together, a distinction is made between the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon geologically and geographically, with their boundary being marked by the Sa'ar Stream. Majdal Shams and Ein Qiniyye are on the boundary's Hermon side, and thus sitting on limestone, while Buq'ata and Mas'ade are on the boundary's Golan side, which is characterized by black volcanic rock (i.e., basalt).
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Golan Druze celebrate across barbed wire". BBC News. April 18, 2008. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Neuman, T. (2018). Settling Hebron: Jewish Fundamentalism in a Palestinian City. The Ethnography of Political Violence. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-8122-4995-8. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
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