Majdal
Majdal (Arabic: مجدل, meaning "tower") is a common place name in Israel, Syria and Palestine and can refer to:
Israel
- al-Majdal or al-Majdal Asqalan, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948, now part of Ashkelon in Israel
- al-Majdal, Tiberias, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948, now in Israel, thought to be the site of ancient Magdala
- Khirbat al-Majdal, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948, now in Israel
- al-Majdal, a Palestinian village in Haifa Subdistrict depopulated in 1925, now part of Ramat Yohanan in Israel
- Al-Mujaydil, a village depopulated in 1948, now in Israel
- Majd al-Krum, a town in northern Israel
- Majdal Yaba, a village depopulated in 1948, now in Israel
Palestine
- Majdal Bani Fadil, a village in the West Bank
Syria
- al-Majdal, Syria, a village in the Hama Governorate of Syria
- Majdal Shams, a village in the Golan Heights, currently under Israeli occupation.
Lebanon
- Majadel, a village in Lebanon, on SWP map 2
- Majdal Anjar, a village in Lebanon
See also
- Burj (disambiguation) (different Arabic word for "tower", also used a place name)
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