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Mas'ade ( Arabic : مسعدة , Hebrew : מַסְעַדֶה ) is a Druze village in the northern Golan Heights , Syria. It covers an area of 11,985 dunams (11.985 km ; 4.627 sq mi), and in 2024 had a population of 4,205. It was given the status of a local council in 1982. Its inhabitants are mostly Syrian citizens and have permanent residency in Israel . Since the adoption of the 1981 Golan Heights Law , Mas'ade is under Israeli civil law and is incorporated into the Israeli system of local councils. The presence of Druze around Mount Hermon is documented since the founding of the Druze religion in the beginning of the 11th century. Mas'ade is one of the four remaining Druze-Syrian communities on the Israeli-occupied side of the Golan Heights and on Mount Hermon, together with Majdal Shams , Ein Qiniyye and Buq'ata . Geographically a distinction is made between the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon, the boundary being marked by the Sa'ar Stream; however, administratively they are usually lumped together. Mas'ade and Buq'ata are on the Golan side of the boundary and are characterized by black volcanic rock (basalt), while Majdal Shams and Ein Qiniyye are on the Hermon side, thus sitting on limestone. Near Mas'ade are Lake Ram and Odem Forest [ he ] . Mas'ade is located at the intersection of Route 99 , which leads west to Kiryat Shmona , and Route 98 , which leads north to Mount Hermon and south to the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee/Lake Tiberias). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . The Golan in the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods: an Archaeological and Historical Study: Excavations at Naʿarān and Farj, In Honour of Moshe Hartal, Yigal Ben Ephraim and Shuqri ‘Arra f, Annual of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion Volume xiv (2024): 67
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Place in North District Mas'ade ( Arabic : مسعدة, ) is a Druze village in the Golan Heights . It controls an area of 11,985 dunams , and has a population of 3,200. It was given the status of a local council in 1982. Mas'ade is located at the intersection of Route 99 , which leads west to Kiryat Shmona , and Route 98 , which leads north to Mount Hermon and south to the Kinneret . Regional councils Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights Israeli settlements in italics were on the Mandatory Palestine side of the 1923 border. v t e 33°13′59.26″N 35°45′27″E  /  33.2331278°N 35.75750°E  / 33.2331278; 35.75750 v t e
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Place in North District Mas'ade ( Arabic : مسعدة, ) is a Druze village in the northern Golan Heights . It covers an area of 11,985 dunams , and in 2006 had a population of 3,200. It was given the status of a local council in 1982. Its inhabitants are mostly Syrian citizens and have permanent residency in Israel .Mas'ade is one of the four remaining Druze-Syrian communities on the Israeli-occupied side of the Golan Heights and on Mount Hermon, together with Majdal Shams , Ein Qiniyye and Buq'ata .Geographically a distinction is made between the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon, the boundary being marked by the Sa'ar Stream; however, administratively usually they are being lumped together.Mas'ade and Buq'ata are on the Golan side of the boundary, characterised by black volcanic rock (basalt), while Majdal Shams and Ein Qiniyye are on the Hermon side, thus sitting on limestone. Mas'ade is located at the intersection of Route 99 , which leads west to Kiryat Shmona , and Route 98 , which leads north to Mount Hermon and south to the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee/Lake Tiberias). Regional councils Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights Israeli settlements in italics were on the Mandatory Palestine side of the 1923 border. v t e v t e
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Town in Northern District Mas'ade ( , ) is a Druze village in the northern Golan Heights .It covers an area of 11,985 dunams (11.985 km ; 4.627 sq mi), and in 2024 had a population of 4,205. It was given the status of a local council in 1982. Its inhabitants are mostly Syrian citizens and have permanent residency in Israel . Since the adoption of the 1981 Golan Heights Law , Mas'ade is under Israeli civil law, and incorporated into the Israeli system of local councils. Mas'ade is one of the four remaining Druze-Syrian communities on the Israeli-occupied side of the Golan Heights and on Mount Hermon, together with Majdal Shams , Ein Qiniyye and Buq'ata . Geographically a distinction is made between the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon, the boundary being marked by the Sa'ar Stream; however, administratively usually they are being lumped together. Mas'ade and Buq'ata are on the Golan side of the boundary, characterised by black volcanic rock (basalt), while Majdal Shams and Ein Qiniyye are on the Hermon side, thus sitting on limestone. Mas'ade is located at the intersection of Route 99 , which leads west to Kiryat Shmona , and Route 98 , which leads north to Mount Hermon and south to the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee/Lake Tiberias). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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Town in Northern District Mas'ade ( , ) is a Druze village in the northern Golan Heights . It covers an area of 11,985 dunams (11.985 km ; 4.627 sq mi), and in 2024 had a population of 4,205. It was given the status of a local council in 1982. Its inhabitants are mostly Syrian citizens and have permanent residency in Israel . Since the adoption of the 1981 Golan Heights Law , Mas'ade is under Israeli civil law, and is incorporated into the Israeli system of local councils. Mas'ade is one of the four remaining Druze-Syrian communities on the Israeli-occupied side of the Golan Heights and on Mount Hermon, together with Majdal Shams , Ein Qiniyye and Buq'ata . Geographically a distinction is made between the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon, the boundary being marked by the Sa'ar Stream; however, administratively they are usually lumped together. Mas'ade and Buq'ata are on the Golan side of the boundary and are characterized by black volcanic rock (basalt), while Majdal Shams and Ein Qiniyye are on the Hermon side, thus sitting on limestone. Mas'ade is located at the intersection of Route 99 , which leads west to Kiryat Shmona , and Route 98 , which leads north to Mount Hermon and south to the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee/Lake Tiberias). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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village in southwestern syria
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