Ma'ale Iron
Ma'ale Iron
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Maˁle ʕiron |
| • Also spelled | Jabal 'Ara (official) |
Musmus, one of the villages in Ma'ale Iron
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 Ma'ale Iron
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| Coordinates: 32°32′53.57″N 35°11′51.28″E / 32.5482139°N 35.1975778°ECoordinates: 32°32′53.57″N 35°11′51.28″E / 32.5482139°N 35.1975778°E | |
| District | Haifa |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local council (from 1996) |
| • Head of Municipality | Mustafa Ighbarieh |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,300 dunams (6.3 km2 or 2.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 14,140 |
Ma'ale Iron (Hebrew: מעלה עירון, lit. Iron Heights; Arabic: معاليه عيرون) is an Israeli Arab local council in Israel's Haifa District and is a part of the Wadi Ara region adjacent to the Triangle. The town consists of the five Arab villages of Bayada, Musheirifa, Musmus, Salem and Zalafa. The villages were joined together in 1996 by the Interior Ministry of Israel to form the local council. In 2015 its population was 14,140, predominantly Muslims. It has an area of 6.3 km2. Ma'ale Iron has four elected members and since 2013 the head of the council has been Mustafa Ighbarieh.
The five villages of Ma'ale Iron did not have municipal status and instead were under the administration of mukhtars (village headmen) appointed by the Interior Ministry until 1992 when the Interior Ministry established the Nahal Iron regional council. The council also included Barta'a, Ein as-Sahala and Mu'awiya in addition to the five current villages of Ma'ale Iron. Initially the council operated mainly in Bayada and Salem but in the rest of the villages the locals objected to the administrative arrangement and sought independent municipal status. To allay local concerns, the Interior Ministry established an investigative committee to examine other options, and in 1996, decided to split the regional council into two local councils: Ma'ale Iron and Basma.
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