Abu Snan
Abu Snan (Arabic: أبو سنان; Hebrew: אַבּוּ סְנָן) is an Arab local cooncil in the Galilee region o northren Israel, wi an aurie o 4,750 dunams (4.75 km²). It achievit recognition as an unthirlt local cooncil in 1964.
Abu Snan
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| Ebreu transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | ʔabbu-Snaˀn |
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  Abu Snan | |
| Coordinates: 32°57′N 35°10′E / 32.950°N 35.167°ECoordinates: 32°57′N 35°10′E / 32.950°N 35.167°E | |
| Destrict | Northren |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Local cooncil |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.75 km2 (1.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 11,900 |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi) |
History eedit
Unner the name Tusyan, probably a corruption o Busenan, Abu Snan wis mentioned as pairt o the domain o the Crusaders durin the hudna atween the Crusaders based in Acre an the Mamluk sultan al-Mansur (Qalawun) declared in 1283.[1]
In 1596, Abu Snan appeared in Ottoman tax registers as bein in the Nahiya o Akka o the Liwa o Safad. It haed a population o 102 Muslim hoosehaulds an 3 bachelors.[2]
Demographics eedit
Abu Snan haed a population o 11,900 bi Juin 2008, o which 54.7% are Muslim, 26.4% are Druze, an 18.9% are Christian.
Income eedit
Accordin tae Israel's Central Bureau o Statistics, the toun haed a law rankin (3 oot o 10) on the Kintra's socioeconomic index (December 2001). Anerlie 63.6% o students are entitled tae a matriculation certificate efter Grade 12 (2000). The average salary that year wis NIS 3,629 per month, whareas the naitional average wis NIS 6,835.
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References eedit
- ↑ Dan Barag (1979). "A new source concerning the ultimate borders of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem". Israel Exploration Journal. 29: 197–217.
- ↑ Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth and Kamal Abdulfattah (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. p. 19.
Bibliography eedit
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center p. 40
