Al-Mughayyir, also spelled al-Mughaiyir () is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 12 km southeast of the city of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,240 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 3,249 by 2017.Projected Mid-Year Population for Jenin Governorate by Locality 2004-2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
History Al-Mughayyir was established by shepehrds from Deir Jarir and from Marj Ibn Amer, probably around the mid-19th century, around an old ruin.Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 349-350
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described the village as "a small place on a rocky hill top. The water supply is by means of rain water cisterns. The houses are of stone and mud."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 82
British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Mughair had a population 94 Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table V, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 29 increasing in the 1931 census to 156 Muslim, in a total of 31 houses.Mills, 1932, p. 69
In the 1945 statistics the population was 220 Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16 with a total of 18,049 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 55 Of this, 711 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 5,487 dunams were for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 99 while a total of 6 dunams were built-up, urban land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 149
Jordanian era In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Al-Mughayyir came under Jordanian rule.
In 1961, the population was 390.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 25
Post-1967 Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Al-Mughayyir has been under Israeli occupation.
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External links Welcome To al-Mughaiyir Survey of Western Palestine, Map 9: IAA, Wikimedia commons