Metula
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Metula () is a town in the Northern District of Israel. It abuts the Israel-Lebanon border, and had a population of in .
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Metula
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Local council
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Hebrew
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- ISO 259
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Mṭulla
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type3
- Also spelled
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info3
- Metulla (unofficial)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Metula_and_Hermon.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Metula
- Settlement.image_flag
- File:Metula Flag.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Israel northeast#Israel
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northern
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Subdistrict
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Safed
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Ottoman Empire
- Population
- 1615
- Area
- 9.413
- Elevation
- 527
- Image
- Metula and Hermon.JPG
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- Commons category
- Metula
- twinned administrative body
- Pocking
- topic's main category
- Category:Metula
- inception
- 1896-01-01
- native label
- מטולה
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Bronze and Iron Age
- Roman and Byzantine periods
- Ottoman period
- Founding of the Jewish moshava
- Mandatory period
- Nahal Ayun Bridge
- State of Israel
- 1985 attack
- 2006 Lebanon War
- Israel–Lebanon conflict (2023–present)
- Geography
- Demographics
- Notable residents
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
Metula () is a town in the Northern District of Israel. It abuts the Israel-Lebanon border, and had a population of in .
==Etymology== The Hebrew name מטולה, Metula, is derived from the (see #Ottoman period).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Metula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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