Tuba-Zangariyye
Tuba-Zangariyye
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| • Also spelled | Tuba az-Zanghariyya (official) |
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| Coordinates: 32°57′57.52″N 35°35′35.54″E / 32.9659778°N 35.5932056°ECoordinates: 32°57′57.52″N 35°35′35.54″E / 32.9659778°N 35.5932056°E | |
| District | Northern |
| Founded | 1903 |
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| • Type | Local council (from 1988) |
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| • Total | 1,962 dunams (1.962 km2 or 485 acres) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 6,270 |
Tuba-Zangariyye or Tuba az-Zanghariyya (Arabic: طوبه زنغرية, Hebrew: טוּבָּא-זַנְגָרִיָה) is a Bedouin town in the Northern District of Israel that achieved local council status in 1988. It was formed by the merger of two villages, Tuba and az-Zangariyye. Populated by the Bedouin tribe of El Heib, Tuba is situated near Kfar Hanassi, overlooking the Jordan River, and sits 250 meters above sea level. In 2015 it had a population of 6,270.
The villages were named after the Bedouin tribes 'Arab al-Zanghariyya and 'Arab al-Hayb, who lived in tents near Ein Tuba (Tuba Spring). The nomads first lived in tent encampments and later settled villages, established in 1903.
The Bedouins of Tuba had long standing ties with the nearby Jewish communities and helped defend them in the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the inhabitants formed an alliance with the Haganah, defending Jewish communities in the Upper Galilee against Syria. Some joined the Pal-Heib unit of the Haganah.
The two towns were captured by Haganah forces on 4 May 1948 during a sub-operation of Operation Yiftach. Al-Zangariyye was virtually destroyed but Tuba was not attacked by Israeli forces and remained intact. Most of the inhabitants who fled the two villages prior to their captures, moved eastward into Syria or in the case of many al-Zangariyye residents, to Tuba.
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