Mashhad, Israel

Mashhad (, , Mash-hed transliteration, grave of a holy man) is an Arab town located northeast of Nazareth in Israel's North District. According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 6,700 mostly Muslim inhabitants.Population of Localities numbering above 1,000 residents Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, pp.2.Mashhed (Israel): Description Gutterman, Dov. FOTW.
Mashhad became a local council in 1960. The town is said to be the site of Jonah's grave and his birthplace (2 Kings 14:25), called Gath-Hefer in Biblical times, a village in the tribe of Zebulun (Joshua 19:13). 
==See also==
*List of Arab localities in Israel
==References==
Category:Local councils in Israel
Category:Arab localities in Israel
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