Ein al-Asad
Ein al-Asad
עין אל אסד عين الأسد | |
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  Ein al-Asad | |
| Coordinates: 32°56′28.21″N 35°23′47″E / 32.9411694°N 35.39639°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Merom HaGalil |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Founded by | Beit Jann residents |
| Population (2022)[1] | 920 |
Ein al-Asad (Arabic: عين الأسد "the lion's spring", Hebrew: עין אל-אסד) is a Druze village in northern Israel. Located near Maghar in the Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 920.[1]
History
The community was founded in 1899 by Druze people from Beit Jann, and was named after an eponymous wellspring outside the village.[2]
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Ain al-Asad had a population of 48; 1 Christian and 47 Druze,[3] increasing in the 1931 census to 81; 1 Christian and 80 Druze, in a total of 18 houses.[4]
In 1945 the population of Ein al-Asad together with Beit Jann was 1,640, all Arabs, who owned 43,550 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[5] 2,530 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 7,406 used for cereals,[6] while 67 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ 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. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. p. 61.
- ^ Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine. p. 36.
- ^ Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine. p. 100.
- ^ Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center. p. 40.
- ^ Hadawi, p80
- ^ Hadawi, p130
External links
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4: IAA, Wikimedia commons
