Tur'an

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Tur'an
Hebrew טורעאן, תֻּרְעָן
Arabic طرعان
Government Local council (from 1959)
District North
Population 11,100[1] (2006)
Jurisdiction 13,100 dunams (13.1 km²)

Tur'an (Arabic: طرعان‎, Hebrew: טורעאן, תֻּרְעָן‎) is an Israeli-Arab local council in the North District of Israel. It is located on Mount Tur'an near the main road from Haifa to Tiberias, and about 7 km north of Nazareth.[2] According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, Tur'an had a population of 11,100 mostly Muslim inhabitants in 2005.[1]

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