Shephar'am
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| hebrew : | שפרעם | ||
| arabic : | شفا عمرو | ||
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| District : | North | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 48 ' N , 35 ° 10' E | ||
| Height : | 137 m | ||
| Area : | 19.766 km² | ||
| Residents : | 41,558 (as of 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 2,102 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Community code : | 8800 | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
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Shefar'am ( Hebrew שפרעם, Arabic شفا عمرو, DMG Šafā ʿAmr ) is a city in the northern district of Israel, east of Haifa . In 2018 the population was 41,558. The population consists almost entirely of Arab Israelis . 57.3% of the residents are Muslim , 27.5% Christian and 14.6% Druze . At the end of 2019 there were 10,300 Christians living in Shephar'am. After Nazareth , Haifa and Jerusalem , Schefar'am is the city with the fourth highest number of Christians in Israel.
history
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| Alternative name (s): | Schfar'am | |
| Creation time : | 12th Century | |
| Place: | Shephar'am | |
| Geographical location | 32 ° 48 '9 " N , 35 ° 9' 58.4" E | |
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The place has been documented since the 2nd century.
At the time of the Crusades , the Templars maintained a castle in Schefar'am, which they called Le Saffran (also Sapharanum; Saphar Castrum; Castrum Zafetanum ). The castle secured the road between Acre and Nazareth.
On July 7, 1187, an army of Sultan Saladin occupied the castle and used it as a base for his relief attacks during the siege of Acre (1189–1191) . In the course of the crusade of Frederick II , the Christians got the castle back in 1229 on the basis of an agreement. The possession was also confirmed to them in armistice agreements by Sultan Baibars I in 1271 and Sultan Qalawun in 1283. The castle was finally conquered by the Muslim Mamluks in 1291 at the latest .
The ruins of the donjon are preserved from the castle to this day, the locals call it al Burj (Arabic, "the tower"). However, the ruin is falling into disrepair and in poor condition.
In 2005, the city was the scene of an attack by the assassin Eden Natan-Zada , who killed four bystanders.
Known residents
- Emil Habibi (1922–1996), writer and politician
- Mohammad Barakeh (* 1955), politician
- Karimeh Abbud (1893–1940), photographer
literature
- Denys Pringle: The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. A corpus. Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-521-39037-0 , pp. 301 ff.
Individual evidence
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS):האוכלוסייה הנוצרית בישראל, December 22, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019.