Ein al-Asad (Arabic: عين الأسد "the lion's spring", Hebrew: עין אל-אסד) is a Druze village in northern Israel. Located near Maghar in the Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. As of 2022 it had a population of 920.[1]

Ein al-Asad
עין אל אסד
عين الأسد
Ein al-Asad is located in Northwest Israel
Ein al-Asad
Ein al-Asad
Ein al-Asad is located in Israel
Ein al-Asad
Ein al-Asad
Coordinates: 32°56′28″N 35°23′47″E / 32.94111°N 35.39639°E / 32.94111; 35.39639
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMerom HaGalil
Founded1899
Founded byBeit Jann residents
Population
 (2022)[1]
920

History

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The community was founded in the mid to late 19th century by Druze from nearby Beit Jann, who were later joined by Druze migrants from Lebanon and Jabal al-Druze in Syria.[2] It was named after an eponymous wellspring outside the village.[3]

British Mandate era

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In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Ein al-Asad had a population of 48, of whom 47 were Druze and one a Christian,[4] increasing in the 1931 census to 81; 80 Druze and one Christian and a total of 18 houses.[5] In the 1945 statistics, the population of Ein al-Asad together with Beit Jann was 1,640, all classified as "others" (meaning Druze, 120 of which were indicated as being in Ein al-Asad),[6] who owned 43,550 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[7] 2,530 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, while 7,406 dunams were used for cereals[8] and 67 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Falah 1975, p. 44.
  3. ^ The spring of Ibadiyeh, according to Palmer, 1881, p. 61
  4. ^ Barron, 1923, p. 36
  5. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 100
  6. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4 Archived 2018-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 40 Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 80 Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 130 Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine

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