Birya

Birya בִּירִיָּה‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
• standard	Biriya
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Coordinates: 32°58′48″N 35°29′56″E / 32.98000°N 35.49889°E / 32.98000; 35.49889
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Council	Merom HaGalil
Founded	1946 (original) 1971 (current)
Founded by	Religious Kibbutz Movement
Population  (2022)	872[1]

Birya (Hebrew: בִּירִיָּה, also Biriya) is an agricultural village in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee near Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. As of 2022 its population was 872.^[1]

Biriya existed in the Classic Era, as Jews lived in Birya and environs in Talmudic times. In early Ottoman era, the village had a mixed Muslim and Jewish population. Jewish community abandoned the location in late 16th century. By late 19th century, the village of Biriyya housed an Arab Muslim community. The Jewish village was founded in 1946 on a site adjacent to the Arab town of Biriyya. Both Arab and Jewish locations were depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Under Israeli governance, a Jewish agricultural village was re-established at the site.