From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ein Mahil
Ein Mahil
Ein Mahil Government
• Type Local council (from 1964)
Hebrew transcription(s)
• Hebrew ִ ָ ֵ
עין מהל, עין מאהל Area
• ISO 259 ʕein Máhel • Total 5,203 dunams (5.2 km2 / 2 sq mi)
Arabic transcription(s) Population (2006)
• Arabic عين ماهل • Total 10,800
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Ein Mahil (Arabic: ;عين ماهلHebrew: )עין מהלis an Arab lo-
cal council in the North District of Israel, located about
five kilometers north of Nazareth. It was declared a local
council in 1964. According to the Israel Central Bureau of
Statistics (CBS), it had a population of 10,800 in 2006, with
a growth rate of 2.2%. The majority of the citizens of the
village are Muslims.
History
In 1596, Ein Mahil appeared in Ottoman tax registers as
being in the Nahiya of Tabariyya of the Liwa of Safad. It
had a population of 28 Muslim households, and paid tax-
es on wheat, barley, fruit trees, and goats or beehives. [1]
References
[1] Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth and Kamal Abdulfattah
(1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan
and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger
Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen,
Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen
Ein Mahil
Geographischen Gesellschaft. p. 189.
Coordinates: 32°43′22.87″N 35°21′7.84″E / 32.7230194°N
35.3521778°E / 32.7230194; 35.3521778Coordinates:
32°43′22.87″N 35°21′7.84″E / 32.7230194°N 35.3521778°E /
32.7230194; 35.3521778
See also
District North • List of Arab localities in Israel
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