Daburiyya
Daburiyya
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Dabburiya |
| • Also spelled | Deburieh (unofficial) |
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| Coordinates: 32°41′31″N 35°22′18″E / 32.69194°N 35.37167°ECoordinates: 32°41′31″N 35°22′18″E / 32.69194°N 35.37167°E | |
| Grid position | 185/232 PAL |
| District | Northern |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local council (from 1961) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,200 dunams (7.2 km2 or 2.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 9,889 |
Daburiyya (Arabic: دبورية; Hebrew: דַבּוּרִיָּה), also Deburieh or Dabburieh, is an Arab village ca. 8 km. east of Nazareth in Israel's Northern District. Daburriya gained local council status in 1961. Its jurisdiction extends over 7,200 dunams. In 2015 it had a population of 9,889.
Daburiyya is located off of Highway 65 at the foot of Mount Tabor in the Lower Galilee, near the area where the prophetess Deborah judged.
Daburiyya is identified with the biblical city of Daberath (also spelled Davrat), which in Joshua 21:28 and in the Book of Chronicles was allotted to the tribe of Issachar, who gave it as a Levitical city to the Levites. Its Greek name was Dabráth or Dabiroth and its Latin name was Dabareth.Josephus called it Dabarittha (Greek: Δαβαρίθθων).
Daburiyya has been identified with the locality of Helenopolis of the Roman-Byzantine period, but Helenopolis is more commonly identified with Kafr Kama or other town or region.
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