Tur'an
Tur'an
| |
|---|---|
| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Ṭurˁan, Turˁan |
  Tur'an | |
| Coordinates: 32°46′36.97″N 35°22′32.43″E / 32.7769361°N 35.3756750°ECoordinates: 32°46′36.97″N 35°22′32.43″E / 32.7769361°N 35.3756750°E | |
| Destrict | Northren |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Local cooncil (frae 1959) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13.1 km2 (5.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
| • Total | 11,100 |
| • Density | 850/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
Tur'an (Arabic: طرعان, Hebrew: תֻּרְעָן) is an Israeli-Arab local cooncil in the North Destrict o Israel. It is locatit on Munt Tur'an near the main road frae Haifa tae Tiberias, an about 7 kilometre (4.3 mi) north o Nazareth.[2] Accordin tae the Israeli Central Bureau o Statistics, Tur'an haed a population o 11,100 maistly Muslim inhabitants in 2005.[1]
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]At the time o the 1931 census, Tur'an haed 188 occupee'd hooses an a population of 961, o whom 693 wur Muslims an 268 Christians.[3]
See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b ICBS Census 2005
- ↑ Tur'an (Israel)
- ↑ E. Mills, ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine. p. 76.
Bibliografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Conder, Claude Reignier and H.H. Kitchener (1881): The Survey of Western Palestine: memoirs of the topography, orography, hydrography, and archaeology. London:Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. vol 1 p. 363, 364.
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center p.63
