Ein Mahil
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| Ein Mahil | |
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • Hebrew | עֵין מָהִל, עין מאהל |
| • ISO 259 | ʕein Máhel |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | عين ماهل |
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| Coordinates: 32°43′22.87″N 35°21′7.84″E / 32.7230194°N 35.3521778°ECoordinates: 32°43′22.87″N 35°21′7.84″E / 32.7230194°N 35.3521778°E | |
| District | North |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local council (from 1964) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,203 dunams (5.203 km2 or 2.009 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 10,800 |
Ein Mahil (Arabic: عين ماهل; Hebrew: עֵין מָהִל) is an Arab local council in the North District of Israel, located about five kilometers north of Nazareth. It was declared a local council in 1964. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), it had a population of 10,800 in 2006, with a growth rate of 2.2%. The majority of the citizens of the village are Muslims.
[edit] History
In 1596, Ein Mahil appeared in Ottoman tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Tabariyya of the Liwa of Safad. It had a population of 28 Muslim households, and paid taxes on wheat, barley, fruit trees, and goats or beehives.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ 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. 189.
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