Kaukab Abu al-Hija ( ; ), often simply Kaukab, (meaning "star"), is an Arab Muslim village and local council in the North District of Israel, in the Lower Galilee. It is located on Road 784, between Shefa-'Amr and Karmiel, and next to Kafr Manda. Kaukab was historically under the control of the Abu al-Hija family of the Galilee.
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Kaukab had a population of 2,800 in 2005, and is ranked low (3/10) on the Israeli socio-economic scale. Its jurisdiction is 2,567 dunams.
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