Hurfeish

Hurfeish

Infobox Israel municipality
name=Hurfeish


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arname=حرفيش
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typefrom=1967
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district=north
population=5,200
popyear=2006
area_dunam=4229
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Hurfeish ( _ar. حرفيش; _he. חורפיש) is a Druze local council in the Northern District of Israel. It was declared a local council in 1967. according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) it had in 2006 a total population of 5,200, with a growth rate of 1.9%.

The majority of the residents of Hurfeish are Druze but the village does have a small number of Catholic Christians and a few Muslims. In the vicinity of the village stands the grave of Sabalan, a Druze prophet, often identified with the Biblical Zebulon.

ee also

*List of Arab localities in Israel


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