Malha

Also known as el malha

Malha is a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem, between Pat, Ramat Denya and Kiryat Hayovel in the Valley of Rephaim. Before 1948, Malha was an Arab village known as al-Maliha ().

Key facts

Settlement.name: Malha
Settlement.native_name: المالحة מלחה
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar he
Settlement.image_skyline: PikiWiki Israel 19140 Jerusalem Technology Park.JPG
Settlement.image_map: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Village boundaries of Maliha in the Mandatory Palestine period
Settlement.etymology: The salt-pan
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 200
Settlement.grid_name: Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position: 167/129
Settlement.subdivision_type: Geopolitical entity
Settlement.subdivision_name: Mandatory Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Jerusalem
Settlement.established_title1: Date of depopulation
Settlement.established_date1: 21 April 1948, 15 July 1948
Settlement.established_title2: Repopulated dates
Settlement.unit_pref: dunam

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Wikidata facts

Population: 1940
Area: 6.8
Elevation: 750
Image: Malha Mosque Minaret in Jerusalem.jpg

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History
Antiquity
Byzantine to Late Ottoman period
Ottoman period
British Mandate period
1948 war
Israel
See also
References
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Malha is a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem, between Pat, Ramat Denya and Kiryat Hayovel in the Valley of Rephaim. Before 1948, Malha was an Arab village known as al-Maliha ().

Malha is now an upscale neighborhood featuring the Malha Shopping Mall, Teddy Stadium, and the Jerusalem Technology Park.