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Kammaneh (, ) is a Bedouin village in northern Israel. It is the result of the merger between Sawae'd (Kammaneh East) and Kamun (Kammaneh West). Located near Mount Kamun (Jabal Kamun) and to the north of Sakhnin, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In it had a population of .

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Locality
מועצה אזורית משגב
Region
מחוז הצפון
Country
ישראל
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Kammaneh (, ) is a Bedouin village in northern Israel. It is the result of the merger between Sawae'd (Kammaneh East) and Kamun (Kammaneh West). Located near Mount Kamun (Jabal Kamun) and to the north of Sakhnin, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In it had a population of .

==History== === Ottoman Empire === Kammaneh was founded in the early 19th century when Negev Bedouins began to establish permanent settlements in the Galilee. The Suweid tribe were one of the first Bedouin tribes to settle in the region found an area atop Mount Kamon (Jabal Kamun). They named it Kammana or "ambush". Like most Arabs in the Galilee, the Suweid tribe was depended on agriculture for survival.

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

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