I'billin
I'billin
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | ʔiˁblin |
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 I'billin
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| Coordinates: 32°49′20.64″N 35°11′31.77″E / 32.8224000°N 35.1921583°ECoordinates: 32°49′20.64″N 35°11′31.77″E / 32.8224000°N 35.1921583°E | |
| Grid position | 168/247 PAL |
| District | Northern |
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| • Type | Local council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18,000 dunams (18 km2 or 7 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 12,691 |
I'billin (Hebrew: אעבלין, Arabic: إعبلين) is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel, near Shefa-'Amr. In 2015 its population was 12,691. 'Ibillin was granted municipal status in 1960. The municipality's area is 18,000 dunams. The town has a mixed population of Muslims and Christians.
Archaeological excavations in the centre of the village has indicated a continuous inhabitation from the Iron Age (9th century BCE) to the Mamluk period (14th century CE).
Nasir Khusraw visited the place in 1047 C.E.: "From Damum we passed south to another village, called A'bilin, where there is the tomb of Hud -peace be upon him! -which I visited. Within the enclosure here is a mulberry tree, and there is likewise the tomb of the prophet Uzair -peace be upon him! -which I also visited."
In 1760, a traveller between Acre and Nazareth noted "the castle of Abelin, on a beautiful eminence; and a town close to it, which is governed by Joseph Omar, brother of the chief of Acre". The castle, still standing in the town, is probably from the eighteenth century.
In 1799, I'billin was marked Obellin on Jacotin’s map surveyed during Napoleon's invasion.
In 1848 William F. Lynch met there Aqil Agha, and made him their guide for an American expedition to the River Jordan. The population in 1859 was stated by Consul Rogers to have been 800 souls, and the tillage fifty feddans.
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