Zemer

This article is about the Israeli Arab town. For the Israeli journalist, see Hanna Zemer.
Zemer
  • זמר
  • زيمر
Hebrew transcription(s)
  ISO 259 Zemr
Zemer
Coordinates: 32°22′1.28″N 35°2′7.05″E / 32.3670222°N 35.0352917°E / 32.3670222; 35.0352917Coordinates: 32°22′1.28″N 35°2′7.05″E / 32.3670222°N 35.0352917°E / 32.3670222; 35.0352917
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 (2014)[1]
  Total 6,375
Name meaning Khurbet Ibthan; meaning "Ruin of gardens, or of soft soil"[2]

Zemer (Hebrew: זמר; Arabic: زيمر) is an Arab local council in the Center 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 – Yama, Bir al-Sika, Ibtan and Marja - in 1988

History

Potsherds dating from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine era have been found at Ibtan.[3] 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.[4]

In 1882, in the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine, only Khurbet Ibthan was noted, with "traces of ruins and a well."[5]

Prior to 1948, all four villages were administratively related to modern-day Palestinian town of Deir al-Ghusun.[6]

Zemer's population at the end of 2009 was 5,700,[7] and its jurisdiction is 8,203 dunams.[8] The population increased to 6,375 in 2014.[9]

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