What is Mevaseret Zion?
{{coord|31|48|N|35|9|E|format=dms|display=title}} {{Infobox Israel municipality | name = Mevaseret Zion | image_skyline = Mevaseret Zion 1.jpg | image_caption = View of Mevaseret from Rekhes Halilim | hebname = {{Hebrew|מְבַשֶּׂרֶת צִיּוֹן}} | ISO = Mbaśśert Çiyon | emblem = | meaning = Herald of Zion (from [[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]] 40:9) | founded = 1951 | type = lc | typefrom = | altOffSp = Mevasseret Ziyyon | country = {{ISR}} | district = jerusalem | population = {{Israel populations|Mevasseret Ziyyon}} | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}} | area_dunam = 6390 | mayor = Yoram Shimon | pushpin_map = Israel jerusalem#Israel | coordinates = }} '''Mevaseret Zion''' ({{lang-he-n|מְבַשֶּׂרֶת צִיּוֹן}}) is a suburb of [[Jerusalem]] with the administrative status of a [[Local council (Israel)|local council]]. Mevaseret Zion is made up of two distinct older townships, Maoz Zion and Mevaseret Yerushalayim. Mevaseret Zion is located on a mountain ridge 750 meters above sea level, on the outskirts of [[Jerusalem]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.m-zion.org.il/ Municipality website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229014006/http://www.m-zion.org.il/ |date=2013-12-29 }} {{in lang|he}} *[http://www.tichon.org.il/ Harel High School website] {{in lang|he}} *[https://www.academia.edu/1217265/Notes_on_an_iron_age_four-sheqel_scale_weight_from_Mevasseret_Yerushalayim Notes on an Iron Age four sheqel scale weight from Mevasseret Yerushalayim] {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Local government in Israel]] [[Category:Settlements in Israel]]