Hizma

Hizma
Municipality type C
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicحزما
 • LatinHizme (official)
Hizma
Hizma
Hizma is located in State of Palestine
Hizma
Hizma
Location of Hizma within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°50′06″N 35°15′43″E / 31.83500°N 35.26194°E / 31.83500; 35.26194
Palestine grid175/138
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateJerusalem
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Area
 • Total4,563 dunams (4.6 km2 or 1.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total7,118
 • Density1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Name meaning"The bundle"[2]

Hizma (Arabic: حزما) is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, seven kilometers from Jerusalem's Old City. The town, mostly located in Area C of the West Bank, borders four Israeli settlements, Neve Yaakov and Pisgat Ze'ev (both officially considered part of Jerusalem), Geva Binyamin and Almon.

Hizma is identified with the biblical town of Azmaveth of the Israelite tribe of Benjamin.[3][4] Archaeological findings confirm a Jewish presence during Roman times, marked by a thriving stoneware industry, and the discovery of a burial cave housing ossuaries inscribed in the Hebrew alphabet.[5][6] Byzantine period ceramics were also found at the site.[7] Throughout Ottoman, British, and Jordanian rule, Hizma was a small village inhabited by Muslims.

Since 1967, Hizma has been occupied by Israel. The village is cut off from Jerusalem by the Israeli West Bank barrier in the west and from the West Bank by settlements in the east. As of 2017, Hizma had a population of about 7,118 residents.[1]

  1. ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 295
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