Sha'ab, Israel
Sha'ab
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Šaˁḅ |
| • Also spelled | Sha'av (unofficial) |
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 Sha'ab
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| Coordinates: 32°53′22″N 35°14′19″E / 32.88944°N 35.23861°ECoordinates: 32°53′22″N 35°14′19″E / 32.88944°N 35.23861°E | |
| Grid position | 172/254 PAL |
| District | Northern |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,442 dunams (5.442 km2 or 2.101 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 6,625 |
Sha'ab (Arabic: شعب; Hebrew: שַׁעַבּ; meaning "The spur") is an Arab town and local council in the Northern District of Israel. It has an area of 5,442 dunams (6.4 km2 (2.5 sq mi)) of land under its jurisdiction. In 2015 its population was 6,625.
French scholar Victor Guérin associated Sha'ab with Saab, a place mentioned by 1st-century writer Josephus. In the 14th century, the tax income from the village was given to the wakf of the madrasah and mausoleum of the Shafi'i Manjaq in Egypt.
In 1517, Sha'ab was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire along with the rest of Palestine. In 1573 (981 AH) Sha'ab was one of several villages in Galilee which rebelled against the Ottomans. In 1596, the village appeared in Ottoman tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Acre in the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 139 Muslim households. It paid taxes on wheat, barley, fruit trees,"occasional revenues", and "goats and bees".
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