Bu'eine Nujeidat
Bu'eine Nujeidat
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Buˀéine - Nuǧeidaˀt |
Beine, 2005
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 Bu'eine Nujeidat
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| Coordinates: 32°48′26.68″N 35°22′2.2″E / 32.8074111°N 35.367278°ECoordinates: 32°48′26.68″N 35°22′2.2″E / 32.8074111°N 35.367278°E | |
| Grid position | 184/245 PAL |
| District | Northern |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local council (from 1980) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,058 dunams (7.058 km2 or 2.725 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 9,114 |
| Name meaning | from personal name |
Bu'eine Nujeidat is an Arab local council in the Northern District of Israel. Made up of two villages, Bu'eine and Nujeidat, they merged in 1987 and were recognized as one local council in 1996. In 2015 its population was 9,114, the majority of which is Muslim.
Bu'eine is a village located on an ancient site. A small jug from the Iron Age, and potsherds from the Roman and Byzantine periods have been found here. A possible Roman or Byzantine grave is also located here.
Potsherds from the early Islamic and Mamluk period have also been found.
In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the 1596 tax-records it appeared as al-Bu'ayna, located in the Nahiya of Tabariyya of the Liwa of Safad. The population was 38 households and 6 bachelors, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax- rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, fruit trees and cotton, in addition to occasional revenues, and goats and beehives; a total of 2420 Akçe.
A map from Napoleon's invasion of 1799 by Pierre Jacotin showed Bu'eine, named as Beni.
In 1875, when Victor Guérin visited, the village had at most 150 inhabitants. Guérin further noted that "below the village, on the north-east side, a curious reservoir cut in the rock, with three troughs. Steps lead down into it. Within it is covered with a thick cement, and vaulted over with cut stones. The water formerly flowed into it through a conduit now choked. The mosque of the village is an ancient church, a new door having been made in the north side. The slopes of the hill were formerly covered with houses, built in terraces. Rude characters were found traced on the rocks about 600 paces to the east of the village."
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