Kaukab Abu al-Hija

Kaukab Abu al-Hija (; ), often simply Kaukab, 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.Kaokab Abu Al-Hija (Israel) Gutterman, Dov. Flags of the World.
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. 
==History==
Kaukab was founded next to the grave of Husam ad-Din Abu al-Hija, one of Saladin's lieutenants, and is holy to the local Muslims. It is thus named Kaukab Abu al-Hija to differentiate it from several other Arab villages with the same name. It is possible to discern the ruins of Byzantine, Roman and Greek settlements on Kaukab's location, and it is also thought to be the location of the town Kokhva, mentioned in the Talmud.
In the British Mandate census of 1931, Kaukab had a population of 285 and according to a land and population survey by Sami Hadawi, its population was 490 in 1945.Village Statistics 1945: A Classification of Land and Area Ownership in Palestine (1970). Sami Hadawi. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center. In 1973, this grew to 1,340. Kaukab was declared a local council in 1984.
==References==
==See also==
*Ein Hod, another Abu al-Hija village
*List of Arab localities in Israel
Category:Arab localities in Israel
Category:Local councils in Israel
Category:North District (Israel)
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