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Fureidis
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Fureidis (also Freidis; , ) is an Arab town in the Haifa District of Israel. It received local council status in 1952. In its population was .

Key facts

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Fureidis
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Local council
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Hebrew
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ISO 259
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P̄ureidis
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Fureidis.jpg
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Fureidis
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Israel haifa#Israel
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Grid position
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145/222 PAL
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Country
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Israel
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District
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dunam
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auto
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Name meaning
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"The little Paradise"

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  • Ottoman Empire
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Fureidis (also Freidis; , ) is an Arab town in the Haifa District of Israel. It received local council status in 1952. In its population was .

==Name== The name is believed to come from the Arabic (firdawis), meaning little Garden of Eden, borrowed from the Persian word for paradise.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fureidis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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