Musheirifa

Musheirifa
  • מושיירפה‎
  • المشيرفة
Musheirifa in 2015
Musheirifa in 2015
Musheirifa is located in Haifa region of Israel
Musheirifa
Musheirifa
Musheirifa is located in Israel
Musheirifa
Musheirifa
Coordinates: 32°33′0″N 35°9′0″E / 32.55000°N 35.15000°E / 32.55000; 35.15000
Grid position164/217 PAL
Country Israel
District Haifa
CouncilMa'ale Iron
Population
 (mid-2016[1])
 • Total
3,472
Name meaning"The High Places"[2]

Al-Musheirifa (Arabic: المشيرفة, Hebrew: מושיריפה or מושיירפה‎) is an Arab village in Israel's Haifa District. The village is located in the Wadi Ara area of the northern Triangle, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast of Umm al-Fahm. Since 1996, it has been under the jurisdiction of the Ma'ale Iron local council. In mid-2016 Musheirifa's population was 3472,[1] all of whom are Muslim. The village is divided into four neighborhoods: Ighbarieh, El-Manshya, Jabbarin, and the Old Village.[3] The inhabitants are largely members of the Ighbarieh clan, which inhabits the upper parts of the village, and the Jabbarin clan, which inhabit the lower parts. Bayada was a neighborhood of the village in the past but split from it and became a new village. The village has poor infrastructure and, like many other villages in the Wadi Ara region, lacks many social institutions and recreational areas.[4]

  1. ^ a b "معطيات واحصائيات" [Data and Statistics]. Ma'ale Iron Local Council.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881; El Mesheirfeh, "the high places" p. 151
  3. ^ "מפקד אוכלוסין 2008 – מעלה עירון – איזור סטטיסטי 3" [2008 Census – Ma'ale Iron – Statistical area 3] (PDF) (in Hebrew). Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. ^ "MOSHIRFA VILLAGE". Umm El Fahem Archive. Retrieved 24 April 2016.