# Arraba

> Arab-Muslim city in northern Israel

**Wikidata**: [Q2568887](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2568887)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arraba,_Israel)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/arraba

## Summary
Arraba (Arabic: عرابة) is an Arab-Muslim city in northern Israel located in the Acre Subdistrict. It is an officially recognized city with an area of 8.4 km², coordinates 32.851111°N, 35.338611°E, and a population of about 27,000 as of 2020.

## Key Facts
- Instance of: city (large human settlement; city class sitelink_count: 252).  
- Wikidata description: "Arab-Muslim city in northern Israel."  
- Official / native name: عرابة.  
- Aliases: Araba, Arabba, Arrabba, Arrabe, عرابه.  
- Country: Israel (Israel inception / Declaration of independence: 1948-05-14).  
- Located in: Acre Subdistrict (a subdistrict in the northern district of Israel; Acre Subdistrict sitelink_count: 9).  
- Area: 8.4 square kilometre.  
- Elevation above sea level: 160 metres.  
- Coordinates: latitude 32.851111111111, longitude 35.338611111111.  
- Timezone: UTC+02:00.  
- Inception / earliest modern attestation: 1800.  
- Population (point in time 2020): 27,000.  
- Population (point in time 2021): 26,641.  
- Local dialing code: 04.  
- Official website: https://arraba.muni.il.  
- Wikipedia title: "Arraba, Israel".  
- Wikipedia / Wikimedia presence: sitelink_count: 20; commons category: Arrabe; image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arrabe7.JPG (caption: "إطلالة على المدينة من إحدى الجبال المحيطة.").  
- Languages with Wikipedia articles: ar, arz, be, ca, commons, cs, en, es, fa, fi, fr, he, id, it, nn, pl, ro, ru, sw, ur.  
- Identifiers: VIAF ID 316602311; Freebase ID /m/02qhx2w (publication date 2013-10-28); WorldCat entities ID E39PBJtrXDg7hprkRBcX8ykFKd.  
- OpenStreetMap node id: 278471532.  
- Israel Antiquities Authority ID: 5391.  
- National Library of Israel j9u ID: 987007475487805171.  
- Israeli CBS municipal ID: 0531.  
- Sitlink_count (Wikidata entity Arraba): 20.

## FAQs
Q: What and where is Arraba?  
A: Arraba is an Arab-Muslim city in northern Israel, located in the Acre Subdistrict. Its coordinates are 32.851111°N, 35.338611°E.

Q: How large is Arraba and at what elevation does it sit?  
A: Arraba covers 8.4 square kilometres and sits at approximately 160 metres above sea level.

Q: What is the population of Arraba?  
A: The recorded population was 27,000 in 2020 and 26,641 in 2021 according to the provided data points.

Q: When was Arraba founded or first attested in modern records?  
A: The inception value given for Arraba is 1800.

Q: Under which administrative units does Arraba fall?  
A: Arraba is a city in Israel and is located in the Acre Subdistrict of Israel's northern district.

Q: What are Arraba’s official names, aliases, and language presence?  
A: The official and native name is عرابة; aliases include Araba, Arabba, Arrabba, Arrabe, and عرابه. Wikipedia articles exist in at least 20 language editions and Wikimedia Commons.

Q: How can I find Arraba online or contact municipal services?  
A: The municipality’s official website is https://arraba.muni.il and the local telephone dialing code is 04.

Q: What identifiers and catalog records exist for Arraba?  
A: Arraba is represented by VIAF ID 316602311, Freebase ID /m/02qhx2w, WorldCat entities ID E39PBJtrXDg7hprkRBcX8ykFKd, OpenStreetMap node id 278471532, Israel Antiquities Authority ID 5391, and National Library of Israel j9u ID 987007475487805171. Its Israeli CBS municipal ID is 0531.

## Why It Matters
Arraba is a documented Arab-Muslim urban community within the modern state of Israel and serves as a distinct municipal entity in the Acre Subdistrict. Its recorded area, elevation, and population figures provide baseline demographic and geographic data for regional planning, municipal services, and cultural documentation. The presence of multiple national and international identifiers (VIAF, Freebase, WorldCat, Israel Antiquities Authority, National Library of Israel) and Wikimedia/Wikipedia coverage in many languages indicate Arraba’s recognition in scholarly, cultural, cartographic, and digital reference systems. As a city-level settlement (instance_of: city) it is part of broader datasets used by geographers, historians, and public administrators working on northern Israel and Arab-Muslim communities in the region.

## Notable For
- Being explicitly described as an Arab-Muslim city in northern Israel.  
- Occupying 8.4 km² within the Acre Subdistrict.  
- Holding a modest urban population around 27,000 (2020) with a recorded figure of 26,641 in 2021.  
- Having a recorded inception date circa 1800 in the provided sources.  
- Documented across international and national authority files: VIAF, Freebase, WorldCat, OpenStreetMap, Israel Antiquities Authority, and the National Library of Israel.  
- Maintaining a municipal website (https://arraba.muni.il) and multilingual Wikipedia coverage.  
- Registered with Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics municipal ID 0531.

## Body

### Overview
Arraba (Arabic: عرابة) is an Arab-Muslim city located in northern Israel. It is classified as a city — a large human settlement — and appears in numerous reference systems and Wikimedia projects. The entity’s Wikidata description identifies it specifically as an Arab-Muslim city in northern Israel.

### Location and Administrative Context
- Country: Israel. The provided record notes Israel’s inception / declaration of independence date as 1948-05-14.  
- Subdistrict: Acre Subdistrict, which is part of Israel’s northern district. The Acre Subdistrict is recorded with its own sitelink presence (sitlink_count: 9).  
- Municipal ID: Arraba is registered with the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics under municipal id 0531.

### Geography
- Coordinates: 32.851111111111°N latitude and 35.338611111111°E longitude.  
- Area: 8.4 square kilometres.  
- Elevation: approximately 160 metres above sea level.  
- Timezone: UTC+02:00.

### Demographics
- Population point values provided: 27,000 (2020) and 26,641 (2021). These are the specific population counts / estimates included in the source data.  
- The settlement is identified as an Arab-Muslim city; the native and official names are Arabic.

### History and Inception
- Inception: The provided inception value for modern Arraba is 1800. No additional historical narrative or earlier archaeological dates are provided in the source material.

### Names, Language, and Wikimedia Presence
- Official / native label: عرابة.  
- Aliases and variant romanizations: Araba, Arabba, Arrabba, Arrabe, عرابه.  
- Wikipedia presence: entity appears under the title "Arraba, Israel" and has wiki pages in many languages (ar, arz, be, ca, commons, cs, en, es, fa, fi, fr, he, id, it, nn, pl, ro, ru, sw, ur).  
- Wikimedia Commons category: Arrabe; a representative image is available at the given Commons file path with the caption in Arabic: "إطلالة على المدينة من إحدى الجبال المحيطة."

### Governance and Classification
- Instance_of: city (classified as a large human settlement).  
- Sitlink statistics: the Arraba Wikidata entity has sitelink_count: 20; the city class has sitelink_count: 252.

### Infrastructure and Contact
- Official municipal website: https://arraba.muni.il.  
- Local telephone dialing code: 04.

### External Identifiers and Catalog Records
- VIAF ID: 316602311.  
- Freebase ID: /m/02qhx2w (publication date associated: 2013-10-28).  
- WorldCat entities ID: E39PBJtrXDg7hprkRBcX8ykFKd.  
- OpenStreetMap node id: 278471532.  
- Israel Antiquities Authority id: 5391.  
- National Library of Israel j9u id: 987007475487805171.

### Media and Visuals
- Image URL (Wikimedia Commons): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arrabe7.JPG.  
- Image caption (Arabic): "إطلالة على المدينة من إحدى الجبال المحيطة."  
- Commons category: Arrabe.

### Reference Metadata
- Wikidata entity metadata included sitelink_count: 20 and a range of references for specific property values contained in source records.

### Category and Associated People
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Arraba, Israel (as recorded in the structured properties).

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## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [Source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2568887)
3. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File