- Shibli-Umm al-Ghanam
Infobox Israel municipality
name=Shibli-Umm al-Ghanam
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hebname=שִׁבְּלִי-אֻם אל-עַ'נַם
arname= الشبلي - أم الغنم
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type=lc
typefrom=1992
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altOffSp=Shibli-Umm al-Janam
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district=north
population=4,800
popyear=2005
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Shibli-Umm al-Ghanam ( _ar. الشبلي - أم الغنم, _he. שִׁבְּלִי-אֻם אל-עַ'נַם) is an Israeli-Arab Bedouin local council at the base of
Mount Tabor inIsrael 's North District. [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/il-lcsbl.html Shibli-Umm al-Ghanam (Israel)] Dov Gutterman, FOTW] According to theIsraeli Central Bureau of Statistics , Shibli-Umm al-Ghanam had a population of 4,800 inhabitants in 2005. [ [http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2007/table3.pdf Localities with populations of 1,000 or above] Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics]The town is the result of a municipal merger of Bedouin villages of Shibli and
Umm al-Ghanam in 1992. The former town of Shibli became a local council in 1984 and Umm al-Ghanam was established in 1940 as a Bedouin settlement and was recognized by the Israeli government in 1982.References
People from Shibli-Umm al-Ghanam
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Ahlam Shibli See also
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List of Arab localities in Israel
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