الجش (الجلیل)
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Jish (, ), also known by its Hebrew name of Gush Halab (, ), or by its classical name of Gischala, is a local council in Upper Galilee, located on the northeastern slopes of Mount Meron, north of Safed, in Israel's Northern District. In , it had a population of , which is predominantly Maronite Catholic and Melkite Greek Catholic Christians (63%), with a Sunni Muslim Arab minority (about 35.7%).
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Place details
- Locality
- الجش
- Region
- מחוז הצפון
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 3,105
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jish
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Local council
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Hebrew
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- ISO 259
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Ǧiš, Guš Ḥalav
- Settlement.image_skyline
- ג'ש2.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Israel northeast#Israel
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.grid_name
- Grid position
- Settlement.grid_position
- 191/270 PAL
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northern
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 2000 BC (Earliest settlement)1300 BC (Gush Halav)
- Settlement.leader_title
- Head of Municipality
- Settlement.leader_name
- Elias Elias
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- גּוּשׁ חָלָב
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Safed
- Population
- 1550
- Area
- 7.25
- Elevation
- 700
- Official website
- www.jish.org.il
- Image
- The Mausoleum in Jish.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jish
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
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2 mapped locations