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Zemer
Zemer (Hebrew: זמר; Arabic: زيمر) is an Arab local council in the Center District of Israel. It is located in the Arab Triangle area, between Baqa al-Gharbiyye and Bat Hefer on Road 574. Zemer is the result of a merger of four villages – Yama, Bir al-Sika, Ibtan and Marja - in 1988
History
Potsherds dating from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine era have been found at Ibtan. Yama and Ibtan appeared in Ottoman tax registers compiled in 1596, in the Nahiyas of Qaqun and Jabal Sami, respectively, of the Nablus Liwa. Yama had a population of 18 Muslim households and 5 bachelors, while Ibtan was indicated as empty even though it paid taxes.
In 1882, in the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine, only Khurbet Ibthan was noted, with "traces of ruins and a well."
Prior to 1948, all four villages were administratively related to modern-day Palestinian town of Deir al-Ghusun.
Zemer's population at the end of 2009 was 5,700, and its jurisdiction is 8,203 dunams.
