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Fassuta

NameFassuta
Hebname 
Founded1965
Typelc
Districtnorth
Population2,900
Popyear2005
Area785

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Fassuta is an Israeli Arab town governed by a local council in the Northern District of Israel, south of the Lebanese border, on the northwestern slopes of Mount Meron.

Fassuta was built on the ruins of the Crusader castle of Fassove, which was built on the ruins of Mifshata, a Jewish village established after destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.

In 2005, the population of Fassuta was 2,900 residents, with an annual population growth rate of 0.9%. Most of the inhabitants are Arab Christians. The proportion of high school students who achieve a passing grade at the matriculation exams is 60.5% (2000). In 2000, the mean income was NIS 3,748, compared to a national average of NIS 6,835.

The Mar Elias church in Fassuta celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2007. The church is named after Elias, the village's patron saint. A large statue of Mar Elias stands in the central square.

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North District of Israel

CitiesAfula * Acre * Beit She'an * Karmiel * Kiryat Shmona * Ma'alot-Tarshiha * Migdal HaEmek * Nahariya * Nazareth * Nazareth Illit * Safed * Sakhnin * Shaghur * Shefa-'Amr * Tamra * Tiberias * Yokneam
Local councilsAbu Sinan * Arraba * Basmat Tab'un * Beit Jann * Bir al-Maksur * Bu'eine Nujeidat * Buq'ata * Daburiyya * Deir Hanna * Eilabun * Ein Qiniyye * Ein Mahil * Fassuta * Ghajar * Hurfeish * Hatzor HaGlilit * I'billin * Iksal * Ilut * Jadeidi-Makr * Jish * Julis * Ka'abiyye-Tabbash-Hajajre * Kabul * Kafr Kanna * Kafr Manda * Kafr Yasif * Kaukab Abu al-Hija * Katzrin * Kfar Kama * Kfar Tavor * Kfar Vradim * Kisra-Sumei * Maghar * Majdal Shams * Mas'ade * Mashhad * Mazra'a * Metula * Migdal * Mi'ilya * Nahf * Peki'in * Ramat Yishai * Rameh * Reineh * Rosh Pinna * Sajur * Sha'ab * Shlomi * Shibli-Umm al-Ghanam * Tuba-Zangariyye * Tur'an * Yafa an-Naseriyye * Yanuh-Jat * Yavne'el * Yesud HaMa'ala * Yirka * Zarzir
Regional councilsAl-Batuf * Beit She'an Valley * Bustan al-Marj * Northern Jordan Valley (Emek HaYarden) * Gilboa * Golan * Jezreel Valley * Lower Galilee * Upper Galilee * Ma'ale Yosef * Mateh Asher * Megiddo * Merom HaGalil * Mevo'ot HaHermon * Misgav



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