Reineh

Reineh (Arabic: الرينة‎; Hebrew: רֵינָה‎) is an Arab town in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee,[2] between Nazareth and Qana of Galilee, it attained local council status in 1968. In 2018 it had a population of 18,891,[1] the majority of whom are Muslims (70%), with a significant Christian minority (30%).[3]

Reineh רֵינָה, ריינה‎‎ الرينة‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Réina
• Also spelled	Reine (official)
Reineh local council building
Reineh Location within Israel Show map of Jezreel Valley region of Israel Reineh Reineh (Israel) Show map of Israel
Coordinates: 32°43′20″N 35°18′55″E
Grid position	179/236 PAL
District	Northern
Government
• Type	Local council (from 1968)
Area
• Total	10,902 dunams (10.902 km^2 or 4.209 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	18,891
• Density	1,700/km^2 (4,500/sq mi)

Cana

Reineh in the 1870 PEF Survey of Palestine, showing Ain Kana, identified by Claude Reignier Conder as the location of biblical Cana.[4]

A small spring south of Reineh, named "Ain Kana", was identified in 1878 by Claude Reignier Conder as the location of biblical Cana.[4]

See also

• People from Reineh
• Arab localities in Israel

References

1. "Population in the Localities 2018" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
2. Er-Reina
3. Israel populations: Reine
4. Conder, Claude Reignier (1878). Tent Work in Palestine: A Record of Discovery and Adventure. R. Bentley & Son. p. 154.

Bibliography

• Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
• Bisharat, Eyad (2017-10-03). "Er-Reina" (129). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 363)
• Dauphin, Claudine (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. ISBN 0-860549-05-4. (p. 683)
• Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
• Guérin, Victor (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 3: Galilee, pt. 1. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (p. 165 )
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• Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2. (p. 188)
• Jaffe, Gilad Bezal’el (2012-12-31). "Er-Reina Final Report" (124). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Kapul, Reuven (2018-02-26). "Er-Reina" (129). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Karmon, Y. (1960). "An Analysis of Jacotin's Map of Palestine" (PDF). Israel Exploration Journal. 10 (3, 4): 155–173, 244–253. (p. 167)
• Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
• Mokary, Abdalla (2012-09-19). "Er-Reina Final Report" (124). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 132)
• Robinson, Edward; Smith, Eli (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster. (p. 209, 2nd appendix, p. 132)
• Schumacher, G. (1888). "Population list of the Liwa of Akka". Quarterly statement - Palestine Exploration Fund. 20: 169–191. (p. 182)
• Thomson, William McClure (1859). The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy Land. 1 (1 ed.). New York: Harper & brothers. (pp. 429, 439)
• Zidan, Omar (2016-12-29). "Er-Reina (North), Highway 79" (128). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

• Information on Reina on Palestinian web site
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 6: IAA, Wikimedia commons