Bir al-Maksur
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Local council (from 1990) | |
| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Bir ˀel-Makksur (Jara'zia) |
| • Also spelled | Bir el-Maksur (official) Beer al-Maksura (unofficial) |
 Bir al-Maksur, 2010 | |
  Bir al-Maksur | |
| Coordinates:32°46′38″N35°13′15″E / 32.77722°N 35.22083°E /32.77722; 35.22083 | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Founded | 1950s |
| Government | |
| • Head of Municipality | Hasan Gadeer |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,554dunams (4.554 km2; 1.758 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 10,895 |
| • Density | 2,392/km2 (6,196/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Arabs | 99.96% |
| • Others | 0.04% |
| Name meaning | The Broken Well |
Bir al-Maksur orBeer el-Maksura (Arabic:بئر المكسور;Hebrew:בִּיר אל-מַכְּסוּר) is anArabBedouin[2] local council in theNorthern District of Israel located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north-west of Nazareth. In 2023 its population was 10,895.[1] The villagers belong to the Arab el-Hujeirat Bedouin tribe, settled there in the 1950s.[citation needed] In 2022, 100% of the population was Muslim.[3]
Flint from theMousterian culture, made with theLevallois technique, in addition to remains fromPre-Pottery Neolithic A andB have been found during excavations.[4][5]
Sherds fromIron age I, and possibly Iron age II have also been found.[2]
A burial cave, with ceramics and artefacts dating to the lateRoman period, that is, 3rd–4th centuries CE, has been unearthed.[6]
In 1881, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine noted atKh. el Maksur: "Heaps of stones."[7][8]
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