Mazra'a
Sign in to save'''Mazra'a''' (, ) is an Arab village and local council in northern Israel, situated between Acre and Nahariyya east of the Coastal Highway that runs along the Mediterranean coast. The local council was founded in 1896 and was incorporated into the Matte Asher Regional Council in 1982, before proclaiming itself an independent local council again in 1996. In it had a population of .
Key facts
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- Mazra'a
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- Local council
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- Hebrew
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- ISO 259
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- Mazraˁa
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- Also spelled
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- "El Masar", "el Mezrah", Mazraʻih, Mazra'ah (official)
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- House in Mazra'a, where Baha'u'llah lived 1877-1879. During 1932-1949 it was the home of General and Mrs. McNeill
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- Israel northwest
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- 159/265 PAL
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- Country
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- District
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- Northern
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- Head of Municipality
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- Fuaad Awad (since 11/2013)
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- dunam
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Ottoman Empire
- British Mandate
- Israel
- Demographics
- Notable structures
- Vaulted medieval building
- Khan al Waqif
- Khan Evron
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
'''Mazra'a' (, ) is an Arab village and local council in northern Israel, situated between Acre and Nahariyya east of the Coastal Highway that runs along the Mediterranean coast. The local council was founded in 1896 and was incorporated into the Matte Asher Regional Council in 1982, before proclaiming itself an independent local council again in 1996. In it had a population of .
==Etymology== The Arabic al-mazra'a (p. mazari'), meaning "the sown land" or "farm", is a relatively common place name used to refer to cultivated lands outside of and dependent upon a primary settlement. In Crusader times, the village was known as le Mezera, according to Victor Guérin, while to Arabs in medieval times, it was known as al-Mazra'ah''.
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