Located to the east of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Gilboa Regional Council.

[1] In 1517 Na'ura was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, it belonged to the Turabay Emirate (1517–1683), which encompassed also the Jezreel Valley, Haifa, Jenin, Beit She'an Valley, northern Jabal Nablus, Bilad al-Ruha/Ramot Menashe, and the northern part of the Sharon plain.

[2][3] The modern village was founded in the 18th century by members of the Zu'bi clan (Arabic: الزعبي) from the Hauran.

[citation needed] In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya (sub-district) of Shafa al-Shamali.