Jadeidi-Makr
Jadeidi-Makr
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Ǧudéida - Makkr |
| • Also spelled | Judeidi-Maker (official) Makr-Jadeidi (unofficial) |
 Jadeidi-Makr
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| Coordinates: 32°56′0.14″N 35°8′28.73″E / 32.9333722°N 35.1413139°ECoordinates: 32°56′0.14″N 35°8′28.73″E / 32.9333722°N 35.1413139°E | |
| Grid position | 163/259 PAL |
| District | Northern |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local council (from 1990) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,974 dunams (8.974 km2 or 3.465 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 20,078 |
| Name meaning | El Judeiyideh, the dyke, or coloured streak in the mountain side el Mekr, from personal name |
Jadeidi-Makr or Makr-Jadeidi (Hebrew: גֻ'דֵידָה-מַכְּר; Arabic: مكر جديده) is an Arab local council formed by the merger of the two Arab towns of Makr and Jadeidi in 1990. It is located a few kilometers east of the city of Acre in the Northern District.
In 2015 its population was 20,078. The inhabitants are 90% Muslim with 10% Christian.
Under the names "Makr Harsin" and "al-Hudeidah", Makr and Jadeidi, respectively, were mentioned as part of the domain of the Crusaders during the hudna (truce agreement) of 1283 between the Crusaders based in Acre and the Mamluk sultan al-Mansur Qalawun. However, it is also possible that Makr Harsin in the original text referred to separate locations Makr and Harsini, the latter unidentified.
Incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, Makr appeared in the census of 1596, located in the nahiya (subdistrict) of Acre, part of Safad Sanjak. The population was 22 households and 3 bachelors, all Muslim. They paid taxes on wheat, barley, summer crops, fruit trees, cotton, occasional revenues, goats and beehives; a total of 17000 akçe. A map by Pierre Jacotin from Napoleon's invasion of 1799 showed both places, named as "Makr" and "Sedid".
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