Salem
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 Salem in 2016 | |
  Salem  Salem | |
| Coordinates: 32°32′26″N 35°12′5″E / 32.54056°N 35.20139°E | |
| Grid position | 169/216 PAL |
| Country |  Israel |
| District |  Haifa |
| Council | Ma'ale Iron |
| Population (mid-2016[1]) | |
| • Total | 1,699 |
| Name meaning | from a personal name[2] |
Salem or Salim (Arabic: سالم, Hebrew: סאלם) is an Arab village in Israel's Haifa District. The village is in the Wadi Ara area of the northern Triangle, 4 kilometers northeast of Umm al-Fahm. Since 1996, it has been under the jurisdiction of the Ma'ale Iron local council.[3] In mid-2016 Salem's population was 1,699,[1] predominantly Muslims. The village is divided into five neighborhoods: Abu Bakr, Darwish, Subaihat, Ayash and Rifai.[4] Most of the adult males in the village work in manual labour.[5]
- ^ a b "معطيات واحصائيات" [Data and Statistics]. Ma'ale Iron Local Council.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 152
- ^ "רקע היסטורי" [Historical background]. Ma'ale Iron Regional Council (in Hebrew).
- ^ "מפקד אוכלוסין 2008 – מעלה עירון – איזור סטטיסטי 1" [2008 Census – Ma'ale Iron – Statistical area 1] (PDF) (in Hebrew). Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ Gal, Sharon (16 April 2001). "יש לנו מזל שהיה אתם יהודי" [We were luckey they had a Jew with them]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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