'Ara

the Arab village in Israel the village in southern Syria by the same name Ira, Syria yes 'Ara he עָרָה, עארה yes ar عاره yes Local council Ara panorama 01.jpg Panoramic view from the west, photographed from a hill to the south of highway 65. Israel haifa#Israel 250 left 32 30 20 N 35 04 41 E region:IL dms inline,title Grid position 157/212 PAL Country District Haifa District Haifa dunam auto Name meaning "Khurbet Arah": the ruin of ’Arah (personal name)Palmer, 1881, p. 148 Ara (he עָרָה; ar عاره) is a village in the Haifa District in northern Israel, located in the Wadi Ara valley. Since 1985, 'Ara has been part of the Ar'ara local council. It is located north of highway 65, between Ar'ara and Kfar Qara. Its population of 4,600 (as of 2004) is almost entirely Muslim. History Burial caves along with white mosaic pavements have been excavated at the village.Dauphin, 1998, p. 748 Pottery remains from the Middle Bronze IIb and forward have been found here.Zertal, 2016, pp. 108-113 Some of the burial caves have been dated to the Middle and Late Bronze Ages and the Roman era.Massarwa, 2010, Khirbat ‘Ara Byzantine lamps, glass vases and ceramics have also been found. A building from the Umayyad era have been excavated in the village. It included many pottery objects and a glass jar, all from the same period.Massarwa, 2010, Khirbat ‘Ara Final Report Ottoman Empire 'Ara, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596, the village appeared in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Shara of the Liwa of Lajjun. It had a population of 2 Muslim households and paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on wheat, barley, vines, and goats or beehives; a total of 1,800 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 159 In 1882, PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted "traces of ruins on a prominent mound with a well."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. 57 British Mandate In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, 'Arah had a population 372, all MuslimsBarron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Haifa, p. 34 This had increased at the time of the 1931 census to 673 Muslims, in 115 occupied houses.Mills, 1932, p. 87 In the 1945 statistics, 'Ara was counted with Ar'ara, together they had a population of 2,290 Muslims,Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 13 of which 800 were in 'Ara.Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 15 note A Israel 'Ara was merged with the neighboring Ar'ara in 1985. References 2 Bibliography Abu Hamid Amani 2010-11-17 http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=1550&mag_id=117 Kh. 'Ara (South) Final Report Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel 122 Barron, J.B. Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 https://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922 Government of Palestine 1923 Conder C.R. Claude Reignier Conder Kitchener H.H. Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener 1882 https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp02conduoft The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology London Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund 2 Dauphin C. Claudine Dauphin La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations https://books.google.com/books?id=FC1mAAAAMAAJ III : Catalogue BAR International Series 726 1998 Archeopress Oxford French 0-860549-05-4 Village Statistics, April, 1945 http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/Hebrew/library/Pages/BookReader.aspx?pid=856390 Department of Statistics 1945 Government of Palestine Hütteroth W.-D. Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth K. Abdulfattah Kamal Abdulfattah Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ 1977 Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft 3-920405-41-2 Massarwa Abdallah 2010-07-12 http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=1424&mag_id=117 Khirbat 'Ara Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel 122 Massarwa Abdallah 2010-10-03 http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=1509&mag_id=117 Khirbat 'Ara Final Report Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel 122 Mills, E. Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas Government of Palestine Jerusalem 1932 Palmer E.H. Edward Henry Palmer 1881 https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund Zertal A. Adam Zertal The Manasseh Hill Country Survey: From Nahal 'Iron to Nahal Shechem https://books.google.com/books?id=XytzCwAAQBAJ 3 2016 Brill. 978-9004312302 External links Welcome To 'Ara Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons uncollapsed Category:Haifa District Category:Arab villages in Israel Category:Populated places in Haifa District Category:Wadi Ara