Ar'ara
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'''Ar'ara''' (, ; lit. "Juniper tree") is an Arab town in the Wadi Ara region in northern Israel. It is located southwest of Umm al-Fahm just northwest of the Green Line, and is part of the Triangle. In , the population was .
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ar'ara
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Local council (from 1970)
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Hebrew
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- ISO 259
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- ʕarˁara
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- Ar'ara Mosque.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Mosque in Ar'ara
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- Israel haifa#Israel
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
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- Grid position
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- 159/211 Israel grid
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Israel
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- District
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- dunam
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- auto
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- Name meaning
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 25823
- Area
- 9.19
- Elevation
- 171
- Image
- Arara 02.jpg
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- native label
- ערערה
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- Ar'ara
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- History
- Middle Ages
- Ottoman Empire
- British Mandate
- Israel
- Maqam Shaykh Khalaf
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
'''Ar'ara''' (, ; lit. "Juniper tree") is an Arab town in the Wadi Ara region in northern Israel. It is located southwest of Umm al-Fahm just northwest of the Green Line, and is part of the Triangle. In , the population was .
==History== Pottery sherds from Persian period have been found here. Burial complexes from the Roman period have been excavated at Ar'ara, revealing clay lamps, glass vessels and beads, commonly used in the 1st to 4th century CE. Rock-cut tombs with niches, and Byzantine period ceramics have been found.
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