page_title: Sulam
section_title: British Mandate era
hierarchical_section_title: Sulam / History / British Mandate era
caption_attribution_description: English: 1940s Survey of Palestine map
context_page_description: Sulam is an Arab village in north-eastern Israel. Known in ancient times as Shunama and Shunem, it is first mentioned in the Amarna Letters in the 14th century BCE. Archaeological excavations in the village attest to habitation extending from the Bronze Age through to modern times. Located near Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bustan al-Marj Regional Council. In 2018 it had a population of 2,567.
context_section_description: In the  1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British authorities, Suolam had a population of 370; 366 Muslims and 4 Christians, decreasing in the 1931 census to 328, all Muslim, in a total of 85  houses.
  In the 1945 statistics the population was 470, all Muslims,  while the total land area was 3,605  dunams, according to an official land and population survey.  Of this, 4 dunams were allocated  for citrus and bananas, 291 for plantations and irrigable land, 2,041 for cereals, while 17 dunams were classified as built-up areas.
caption: 1940s Survey of Palestine map of Sulam
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