Fassuta
Sign in to saveFassuta (, ) is a Christian Arab local council in the Northern District of Israel. It is located in the Upper Galilee on the northwestern slopes of Mount Meron, south of the Lebanese border. In it had a population of , nearly all of whom are Melkite Christian Arabs. In 2022, 99.8% of the population was Christian and 0.2% was Muslim.
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Place details
- Locality
- فسوطة
- Region
- מחוז הצפון
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 3,172
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Fassuta
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Local council
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Hebrew
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- ISO 259
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- P̄assúṭa
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:99230 psuta - at the entrance to the settlement PikiWiki Israel.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Entrance to Fassuta
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Israel northwest#Israel
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.grid_name
- Grid position
- Settlement.grid_position
- 179/272 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- فسّوطه
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Acre Subdistrict
- Population
- 1300
- Area
- 11.275
- Elevation
- 626
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- fassuta.muni.il
- Image
- Old winepress.jpg
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- Commons category
- Fassuta
- native label
- فسوطة
- language used
- Arabic
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Ottoman Empire
- British Mandate
- Israel
- Demographics
- Religion and culture
- Archaeology
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Fassuta (, ) is a Christian Arab local council in the Northern District of Israel. It is located in the Upper Galilee on the northwestern slopes of Mount Meron, south of the Lebanese border. In it had a population of , nearly all of whom are Melkite Christian Arabs. In 2022, 99.8% of the population was Christian and 0.2% was Muslim.
==History== Archaeological excavations at Fassuta have revealed settlement from the Early Bronze Age, through the Iron Age, Hellenistic and the Mamluk eras.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fassuta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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