Abu Snan
Abu Snan
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Local council (from 1964) | |
| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | ʔabu-Snaˀn |
 Maqam Nbiyā Zakariyā in Abu Sanan | |
  Abu Snan | |
| Coordinates: 32°57′N 35°10′E / 32.950°N 35.167°E | |
| Grid position | 166/262 PAL |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,750 dunams (4.75 km2 or 1.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 14,687 |
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (8,000/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "Produsing pasturage, especially such plants as "sorrel""[2] |
Abu Snan (
History
Abu Snan is an ancient village site, where old dressed stones have been reused in modern houses. Graves, oil or vine-presses, and cisterns have been found cut in rock.[4]
Crusaders
In about 1250 Abu Snan is noted as a
Ottoman Empire
In 1517, Abu Snan was with the rest of Palestine incorporated into the
A map by
In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described Abu Snan as a stone-built village situated on the low hill near the plain, surrounded by olive groves and arable land, and with many cisterns of rain-water. The population consisted of 150 Christians and 100 Muslims.[14]
A population list from about 1887 showed that Abu Senan had about 565 inhabitants; two thirds Druze, one third Greek Catholic Christians.[15]
British Mandate
In the
In the 1945 statistics the population of Abu Snan was 820; 30 Muslims, 380 Christians and 410 other Arabs,[19] and the land area was a total of 13,043 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[20] 2,172 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 7,933 used for cereals,[21] while 69 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[22]
Israel
In 2003 the local council was merged with its neighboring towns. The next year this was undone.
Demographics
Abu Snan had a population of 13,000 (2014), 7,000 of whom are
Income
According to
See also
References
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 37
- ^ אבו סנאן 2014
- ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 639
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, p 153
- ^ Röhricht, 1893, #1260, p. 331
- ^ Barag, 1979, p. 204
- ^ Pringle, 1997, p. 119
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 191
- ^ Karmon, 1960, p. 162 Archived 2019-12-22 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 21, as translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1881, p. 144
- ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 21, as translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1881, p. 160
- ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 639
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 144
- ^ Schumacher, 1888, p. 173
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Acre, p. 36
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table XVI, p. 50
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 99
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 40 Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 80 Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 130 Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hassan Shaalan, 'Muslim-Druze clashes started over kaffiyeh dispute,' Ynet 15 November 2014.
Bibliography
- Av‘iam, Mordechai (1996). "Abu Sinan" (15). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Barag, Dan (1979). "A new source concerning the ultimate borders of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem". Israel Exploration Journal. 29: 197–217.
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- ISBN 0-860549-05-4.
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center. Archived from the original on 8 December 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
- Karmon, Y. (1960). "An Analysis of Jacotin's Map of Palestine" (PDF). Israel Exploration Journal. 10 (3, 4): 155–173, 244–253. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- 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.
- ISBN 0521-46010-7.
- Röhricht, R. (1893). (RRH) Regesta regni Hierosolymitani (MXCVII-MCCXCI) (in Latin). Berlin: Libraria Academica Wageriana.
- Schumacher, G. (1888). "Population list of the Liwa of Akka". Quarterly Statement - Palestine Exploration Fund. 20: 169–191.
External links
- Welcome To Abu Sinan
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3: IAA, Wikimedia commons
