Sajur
Sajur
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| • ISO 259 | Saǧur |
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 Sajur
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| Coordinates: 32°55′53.94″N 35°19′10.51″E / 32.9316500°N 35.3195861°ECoordinates: 32°55′53.94″N 35°19′10.51″E / 32.9316500°N 35.3195861°E | |
| District | Northern |
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| • Type | Local council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,296 dunams (3.296 km2 or 1.273 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 4,014 |
| Name meaning | Seijur, possibly from "a dog collar", or "red turbid water" |
Sajur (Hebrew: סָג'וּר; Arabic: ساجور) is an Druze town (local council) in the Galilee region of northern Israel, with an area of 3,000 dunams (3 km²). It achieved recognition as an independent local council in 1992. In 2015 it had a population of 4,014.
A salvage dig in January 2002 on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority excavated a tomb with 13 loculi that dated to the Roman–Byzantine periods, a tomb with eight or nine loculi dating to the end of the second century CE and a small tomb with a single room dating to the first–second centuries CE. The presence of many finds at the bottom of the stratigraphic sequence is evidence of Iron Age occupation at Sajur.
In the Crusader era Sajur was known as Seisor or Saor. In 1249 John Aleman transferred land, including the of Beit Jann, Sajur, Majd al-Krum and Nahf to the Teutonic Knights.
In 1322 Marino Sanuto the Elder showed Sanur on his map, named Seggori.
In 1875, Victor Guérin noted that "It is today a small village, inhabited by Druze; it is located on a hill that was once completely covered with houses. At the bottom, some gardens are planted with fig, olive, pomegranate and mulberry trees."
In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 100 Druzes; in the plain, with olives and arable land; water from cisterns and spring near".
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