Fureidis
Fureidis
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| • ISO 259 | P̄ureidis |
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| Coordinates: 32°35′47.55″N 34°57′2.16″E / 32.5965417°N 34.9506000°ECoordinates: 32°35′47.55″N 34°57′2.16″E / 32.5965417°N 34.9506000°E | |
| District | Haifa |
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| • Type | Local council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,690 dunams (2.69 km2 or 1.04 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 12,389 |
| Name meaning | "The little Paradise" |
Fureidis (also Freidis) is an Israeli Arab town in the Haifa District of Israel. It received local council status in 1952. In 2015 its population was 12,389.
The name is believed to come from the Arabic (firdawis), meaning little Garden of Eden, borrowed from the Persian paradise.
In the 19th century, three rock-hewn tombs were examined at Fureidis, each with several kokhim.
A cave above the old part of Fureidis on the western slope of the Carmel was found to contain fragments of pottery from the Chalcolithic period, including large bowls, jars, ossuary fragments and a pale pink limestone pendant. It appears to have been used as a dwelling and a burial cave. The artifacts in the cave attest to the presence of a settlement from the pre-Ghassulian period.
Pottery and remains from an aqueduct dating to the Roman and Byzantine periods have also been found.
At the northern edge of Fureidis, pottery remains from the 13th -14th century, a coin dating to 1388–1399 CE, and building remains dated to the Mamluk period have been excavated.
During the late Ottoman period, in 1859, the English consul Rogers estimated the population to be 200, who cultivated 18 feddans of land. In 1870, the French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village. He estimated it had one hundred and forty people, mostly shepherds and woodcutters, some who also cultivated the land.
In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described the place as a village of mud and stone at the foot of the hill, with a well to the south.
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