Musmus
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Village | |
 Aerial photo of Musmus | |
  Musmus  Musmus | |
| Coordinates: 32°32′35″N 35°09′23″E / 32.54306°N 35.15639°E | |
| Grid position | 164/216 PAL |
| Country |  Israel |
| District |  Haifa |
| Council | Ma'ale Iron |
| Named for | Compactly built, or apricot[1] |
| Population (mid-2016[2]) | |
• Total | 4,215 |
Musmus (Arabic: مُصمُص, Hebrew: מוצמוץ / מוסמוס) is an Arab village in 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. The village is divided into five neighborhoods: Abu Shehab, Ighbarieh, Southeast, Mahagna, and Sharqawi. In mid-2016, Musmus' population was 4,215,[2] all of whom were Muslim.[3]
Most of the villagers belong to the Ighbarieh and Mahagna clans. The village is the birthplace of the poet Rashid Hussein. Highway 65 passes through the village and splits it into two parts.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 149
- ^ a b "معطيات واحصائيات" [Data and Statistics]. Ma'ale Iron Local Council.
- ^ "מפקד אוכלוסין 2008 – עלה עירון – איזור סטטיסטי 3" [2008 Census – Ma'ale Iron – Statistical area 2] (PDF) (in Hebrew). Ministry of Interior (Israel). Retrieved 25 April 2016.