Sakhnin (سخنين)

Place

Museum of the Palestinian People (MPP)

Place Name

Sakhnin (سخنين)

Place Description

A historic Palestinian town in the Acre subdistrict, situated in the central Galilee within the broad valley of the Shaghur region, surrounded by the Galilean hills and connected to the surrounding villages by an established network of roads. Its agricultural landscape included cereals, olives, and irrigated and plantation crops, with cultivated valley lands and surrounding hills supporting agriculture and livestock raising; Sakhnin also served as an important agricultural and commercial center for the surrounding countryside.