Deir al-Asad
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Deir al-Asad דייר אל-אסד دير الأسد |
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View of Deir al-Asad, 2007
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 Deir al-Asad
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| Coordinates: 32°55′11″N 35°16′19″E / 32.91972°N 35.27194°E | |
| Grid position | 175/260 PAL |
| Country | Israel |
| District | North |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,756 dunams (4.8 km2 or 1.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 11,716 |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | IDT (UTC+3) |
Deir al-Asad (Hebrew: דֵיר אֶל-אַסַד; Arabic: دير الأسد) is an Arab town in the Galilee region of Israel, near Karmiel. In 2003, the municipality of Deir al-Asad merged with Majd al-Krum and Bi'ina to form the city of Shaghur. However, it was reinstated in 2008 after Shaghur was dissolved. In 2015 it had a population of 11,716.
Deir al-Asad means "the lion's monastery" in Arabic. The village was named after a leader
In the Crusader era, the site was a Christian settlement, La Bana, with a monastery named for St. George nearby. Upon arrival of the Ottoman Turks, the Christians were expelled by Sultan Suleiman I and their descendants later founded the nearby settlement of Bi'ina. The lands of the original Christian settlement and the monastery were given by the Sultan to the sheikh Al-Asad A-Zaffah from Safed and the latter founded the current village.
Deir al-Asad and nearby Bi'ina were both inhabited by members of the Druze community when Victor Guérin visited in the 1875, but by the late 1870s, they had emigrated to the Hauran to avoid conscription by the Ottoman army.
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