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Eilabun ( Ailabun, , ) is an Arab Christian village located in the Beit Netofa Valley around south-west of Safed in northern Galilee between Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee, Israel. It had a population of in , which was 70,5% Christian and 29.5% Muslim. In 1973, Eilabun was granted local council status by the Israeli government.

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Settlement.name
Eilabun
Settlement.settlement_type
Local council (from 1973)
Settlement.translit_lang1
Hebrew
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
ISO 259
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
Eilaboun
Settlement.translit_lang1_type3
Also spelled
Settlement.image_skyline
Eilabun.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Israel northeast#Israel
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.grid_name
Grid position
Settlement.grid_position
187/249 PAL
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Northern
Settlement.unit_pref
dunam
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics_type1
Ethnicity
Settlement.demographics1_title1
Arabs

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Population
5812
Area
4.835
Elevation
140
Image
Eilabun.jpg
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Eilabun
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16 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Bronze Age to Mamluk period
  • Ottoman period
  • 16th century
  • 19th century
  • British Mandate
  • Israel
  • 1948-49 war
  • 2000s Christian-Druze conflict
  • Eilabun in film
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Eilabun ( Ailabun, , ) is an Arab Christian village located in the Beit Netofa Valley around south-west of Safed in northern Galilee between Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee, Israel. It had a population of in , which was 70,5% Christian and 29.5% Muslim. In 1973, Eilabun was granted local council status by the Israeli government.

==Etymology== According to the Survey of Western Palestine, the name Eilabun comes from Arabic, meaning "hard, rocky ground". According to some scholars, Eilabun was built on the ancient site of "Ailabu" (), a possible variation of the name Ein Levon.

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