Zemer
Zemer
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| • ISO 259 | Zemr |
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 Zemer
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| Coordinates: 32°22′1.28″N 35°2′7.05″E / 32.3670222°N 35.0352917°ECoordinates: 32°22′1.28″N 35°2′7.05″E / 32.3670222°N 35.0352917°E | |
| Grid position | 154/197 PAL |
| District | Central |
| Founded | 1988 (merger) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local council (from 1988) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,203 dunams (8.203 km2 or 3.167 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 6,486 |
| Name meaning | Khurbet Ibthan; meaning "Ruin of gardens, or of soft soil" |
Zemer (Hebrew: זמר, Arabic: زيمر) is an Arab local council in the Central District of Israel. It is located in the Arab Triangle area, between Baqa al-Gharbiyye and Bat Hefer on Road 574. Zemer is the result of a merger of four villages – Bir al-Sika, Ibtan, Marja and Yama, - in 1988
Potsherds dating from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine era have been found at Ibtan.
Yama and Ibtan appeared in Ottoman tax registers compiled in 1596, in the Nahiyas of Qaqun and Jabal Sami, respectively, of the Nablus Liwa. Yama had a population of 18 Muslim households and 5 bachelors, while Ibtan was indicated as empty even though it paid taxes.
In 1882, in the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine, only Khurbet Ibthan was noted, with "traces of ruins and a well."
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Bir al-Sikka had a population of 36, Ibthan 56 and Yamma 48, all Muslims.
Prior to 1948, all four villages were administratively related to modern-day Palestinian town of Deir al-Ghusun.
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