'Ara

'Ara
Hebrew transcription(s)
- Hebrew	עָרָה, עארה
Arabic transcription(s)
- Arabic	عاره
Panoramic view from the west, photographed from a hill to the south of highway 65.
'Ara
Coordinates: 32°30′20.49″N 35°04′41.24″E / 32.5056917°N 35.0781222°E / 32.5056917; 35.0781222Coordinates: 32°30′20.49″N 35°04′41.24″E / 32.5056917°N 35.0781222°E / 32.5056917; 35.0781222
District	Haifa
Government
- Type	Local council

'Ara (Hebrew: עָרָה‎‎; Arabic: عاره‎) is an Israeli Arab village in the Haifa District located in the Wadi Ara, which since 1985 has been part of the Ar'ara local council. It is north of highway 65, between Ar'ara and Kfar Qara. Its population of 4,600 (as of 2004) is almost entirely Muslim.

History

In 1596, 'Ara appeared in Ottoman tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Shara of the Liwa of Lajjun. It had a population of 2 Muslim households and paid taxes on wheat, barley, vines, and goats or beehives.^[1]

At the time of the 1931 census, Ar'ara had 115 occupied houses and a population of 673 Muslims.^[2]

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 Geographischen Gesellschaft. p. 159. 
2. ^ E. Mills, ed (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine. p. 87.