Zarzir

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Zarzir
Hebrew זרזיר
Arabic زرزير
Government Local council (from 1997)
Also spelled Bet Zarzir (officially)

Zarazir (unofficially)

District North
Population 6,300 (2005)
Jurisdiction 10,000 dunams (10.0 km²)

Zarzir or Bet Zarzir (Arabic: زرزير‎, Hebrew: זרזיר‎) is an Israeli-Arab local council located 10km west of the city of Nazareth in Israel's North District. It became a local council in 1997 and its population in 2005 was 6,300. Its population consists of five Bedouin tribes.

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