Eilabun
Sign in to saveEilabun ( 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.
Key facts
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 5812
- Area
- 4.835
- Elevation
- 140
- Image
- Eilabun.jpg
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16 sectionsContents
- 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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