Kaukab Abu al-Hija
| Kaukab Abu al-Hija | |
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • Hebrew | כַּוּכַּבּ/כַּוַכַּב/כאוכב אַבּוּ אל-הִיגַ'א |
| • ISO 259 | Kawkaḅ ˀabbu ˀel-Hiǧaˀ |
| • Also spelled | Kaokab Abu Al-Hija (official) Kawkab Abu al-Heija (unofficial) |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | كوكب أبو الهيجا |
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 Kaukab Abu al-Hija
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| Coordinates: 32°49′52.83″N 35°14′55.33″E / 32.8313417°N 35.2487028°ECoordinates: 32°49′52.83″N 35°14′55.33″E / 32.8313417°N 35.2487028°E | |
| District | North |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local council (from 1984) |
| • Head of Municipality | Nuaf Hajuj |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,567 dunams (2.567 km2 or 634 acres) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 2,800 |
| Name meaning | Abu al-Hija's Planet |
Kaukab Abu al-Hija (Arabic: كوكب أبو الهيجا; Hebrew: כַּוּכַּבּ אַבּוּ אל-הִיגַ'א), often simply Kaukab, (meaning "planet"),[1] is an Arab Muslim village and local council in the North District of Israel, in the Lower Galilee. It is located on Road 784, between Shefa-'Amr and Karmiel, and next to Kafr Manda. Kaukab was historically under the control of the Abu al-Hija family of the Galilee.[2]
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Kaukab had a population of 2,800 in 2005,[3] and is ranked low (3/10) on the Israeli socio-economic scale. Its jurisdiction is 2,567 dunams.[4]
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[edit] History
Kaukab was founded next to the grave of Husam ad-Din Abu al-Hija, one of Saladin's lieutenants, and is holy to the local Muslims. It is thus named Kaukab Abu al-Hija to differentiate it from several other Arab villages with the same name.[5][6] It is possible to discern the ruins of Byzantine, Roman and Greek settlements on Kaukab's location, and it is also thought to be the location of the town Kokhva, mentioned in the Talmud.[6]
In 1938, during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, the village was destroyed and its threshing floors burnt by British troops during a revenge mission.[7]
In the British Mandate census of 1931, Kaukab had a population of 285 Muslims and according to a land and population survey by Sami Hadawi, its population was 490 in 1945.[8] In 1973, this grew to 1,340. Kaukab was declared a local council in 1984.[2]
[edit] See also
- Ein Hod, another Abu al-Hija village
- List of Arab localities in Israel
[edit] References
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p.110
- ^ a b Kaokab Abu Al-Hija (Israel) Gutterman, Dov. Flags of the World.
- ^ "Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 1,000 Residents and Other Rural Population". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2007-12-31. http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2009/table3.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ "Local Authorities in Israel 2005, Publication #1295 - Municipality Profiles - Kaukab Abu al-Hija". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications/local_authorities2005/pdf/467_0505.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-27. (Hebrew)
- ^ Vilnai, Ze'ev (1976). "Kaukab". Ariel Encyclopedia. Volume 4. Israel: Am Oved. pp. 3524. (Hebrew)
- ^ a b HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel. Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books. pp. 476. ISBN 965-448-413-7. (Hebrew)
- ^ Jacob Norris (2008). "Repression and Rebellion: Britain's response to the Arab Revolt in Palestine of 1936-39". The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 36: 25–45. doi:10.1080/03086530801889350.
- ^ Village Statistics 1945: A Classification of Land and Area Ownership in Palestine (1970). Sami Hadawi. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
[edit] Bibliography
- Conder, Claude Reignier and H.H. Kitchener (1881): The Survey of Western Palestine: memoirs of the topography, orography, hydrography, and archaeology. London:Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. vol 1 ( p.268 )
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html p.62
- Palmer, E. H. (1881): The survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English name lists collected during the survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and explained by E.H. Palmer.
- Petersen, Andrew (2001). A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine: Volume I (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology). Oxford University Press. pp. 196–7. ISBN 9780197270110. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0197270115 Kawkab (shrine): pp. 196–197
- Slyomovics, Susan (1998). The object of memory: Arab and Jew narrate the Palestinian village (Illustrated ed.). University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0812215257, 9780812215250. http://books.google.com/books?id=Mq5W3XjrbxUC. (winner of the 1999 Albert Hourani Book Award) Kawkab: p.130 -131.
[edit] External links
- Kawkab Abu El-Haija photos, by Dr. Moslih Kanaaneh
- Welcome To Kawkab Abu al-Heija
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