Salem, Ma'ale Iron
Salem
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Salem in 2016
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| Coordinates: 32°32′26″N 35°12′5″E / 32.54056°N 35.20139°ECoordinates: 32°32′26″N 35°12′5″E / 32.54056°N 35.20139°E | |
| Grid position | 169/216 PAL |
| District | Haifa |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 1,600 |
| Name meaning | from a personal name |
Salem or Salim (Arabic: سالم, Hebrew: סאלם) is an Arab village in Israel's Haifa District. The village is in the Wadi Ara area of the northern Triangle, 4 kilometers northeast of Umm al-Fahm. Since 1996, it has been under the jurisdiction of the Ma'ale Iron local council. According to the 2008 census there were 1,600 residents in the village, predominantly Muslims. The village is divided into five neighborhoods: Abu Bakr, Darwish, Subaihat, Ayash and Rifai. Most of the adult males in the village work in manual labour.
Pottery from the Persian and the Hellenistic era have been found, and a rock-hewn installation has been excavated from the latter period.
Pottery and coins have been also been found from the Roman period, in addition to pottery from the Byzantine, early Islamic and Mamluk period.
Salem, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596, the village was located in the nahiya of Sara in the liwa of Lajjun. It had a population of 9 households, all Muslim. It paid a fixed tax of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; the taxes totalled 4,300 akçe.
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