Reineh

Reineh
Hebrew transcription(s)
• Hebrew	רֵינָה, ריינה
• ISO 259	Réina
• Also spelled	Reine (official)
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	لرينة
Reineh
Coordinates: 32°43′19.79″N 35°18′55.21″E
District	North
Government
• Type	Local council (from 1968)
Area
• Total	10,902 dunams (10.9 km2 / 4.2 sq mi)
Population (2005)
• Total	15,300

Reineh, or Reine (Arabic: الرينة‎; Hebrew: רֵינָה‎‎) is an Israeli Arab village in the Galilee, located between Nazareth and Qana of Galilee. The village attained Local council status in 1968. As of 2004, Reineh is home to 15,300 residents, of which 80% are Muslim Arab, 19.3% are Christian Arab and the minuscule remainder being Druze Arabs, according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.

History

The village is believed to be located on the site of ancient Abel, whence flowed water to Sepphoris. Until 1927 the village was located north of the Nazareth highway, but a destructive earthquake led its inhabitants to resettle south of the road in its present location.

See also

• Saleh Suleiman
• List of Arab localities in Israel

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. 363.
• 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