Zemer is an Arab

Arab citizens of Israel

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 local council

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 in the Center District

Center District (Israel)

The Central District of Israel is one of six administrative districts, including most of the Sharon region. The district capital is Ramla. It is further divided into 4 sub-districts: Petah Tikva, Ramla, Sharon and Rehovot. The district's largest city is Rishon LeZion. Its population as of 2008 was...

 of Israel

Israel

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. It is located in the Arab Triangle

Triangle (Israel)

The Triangle , formerly referred to as the Little Triangle, is a concentration of Israeli Arab towns and villages adjacent to the Green Line, located in the eastern Sharon plain among the Samarian foothills; this area is located within the easternmost boundaries of both the Center District and...

 area, between Baqa-Jatt and Bat Hefer

Bat Hefer

Bat Hefer is an Israeli communal settlement in the Sharon plain, east of Netanya and adjacent to two kibbutzim; Bahan and Yad Hana. The Palestinian city of Tulkarm lies to the southeast. It is named after "Hefer", an administrative district in this area with a district chief in the time of King...

 on Road 574. Zemer is the result of a merger of four villages – Yama, Bir as-Sika, Ibtan and Marja - in 1988

Yama and Ibtan appeared in Ottoman tax registers compiled in 1596, in the Nahiyas of Qaqun and Jabal Sami, respectively, of the Nablus Liwa

Liwa (arabic)

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. Yama had a population of 18 Muslim households and 5 bachelors, while Ibtan was indicated as empty even though it paid taxes.

Prior to 1948, all four villages were administratively related to modern-day Palestinian

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 town of Deir al-Ghusun

Deir al-Ghusun

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Zemer's population at the end of 2009 was 5,700, and its jurisdiction is 8,203 dunams.