Afula
Afula
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Hebrew transcription(s) | |
• ISO 259 | ʕapula |
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Coordinates: 32°36′22.56″N 35°17′17.11″E / 32.6062667°N 35.2880861°ECoordinates: 32°36′22.56″N 35°17′17.11″E / 32.6062667°N 35.2880861°E | |
Destrict | Northren |
Foondit | 1925 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Ceety |
• Mayor | Avraham Elkabetz |
Area | |
• Total | 26.909 km2 (10.390 sq mi) |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 44,930 |
• Density | 1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
Afula (Hebrew: עֲפוּלָה; Arabic: العفولة, al-ʻAfūlaḧ) is a ceety in the Northren Destrict o Israel, aften kent as the "Capital o the Valley", referrin tae the Jezreel Valley. The ceety haed a population o 40,500 at the end o 2009.[2]
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]Locatit in the lawer Galilee region, Afula is roughly haufway atween Jenin an Nazareth. It lies on the site o the Israelite veelage ofOfel, the hametoun o the Biblical figure Gideon. It is mentioned in the Beuks o Keengs (2 Keengs 5, 24) in connection wi Elisha an the disciple o Elijah, who lived in the vicinity.
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The tent century Sultan Saladin foondit an Arab veelage named al-Fulah on the site. In 1799, durin Napoleon's Syrian campaign, the Battle o Munt Tabor wis fought aroond al-Fulah.
In 1909 or 1910, Yehoshua Hankin completit his first major purchase in the Jezreel Valley. He bought some 10,000 dunams (10 km²) o land in Al-Fuleh (now Afula), which became the hame o Merhavia an Tel Adashim. This purchase also marked the start of bitter disputes atween Arabs an Jews ower the richts o tenant fermers who haed been evictit, an regardin the employment o Jewish or Arab watchmen for the land.
The modren community o Afula wis foondit in 1925 bi the American Zionist Commonwealth, efter the completion o the purchase o the valley frae the Sursuk family o Beirut. The nearbi Arab veelage o Al-Fulah wis disbandit bi the turn o the century. At the time, the community wis served bi the Jezreel Valley railwey, which wis abandoned durin the War o Unthirldom.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ "Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 2,000 Residents" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
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