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Haifa District
Haifa District ( he, מחוז חיפה, ''Mehoz Ḥeifa''; ar, منطقة حيفا) is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa, Israel. The district is one of the Districts of Israel, seven administrative districts of Israel, and its capital is Haifa. The district land area is 864 km2 (299.3 mi2). Demographics According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics data for 2016: * Total population: 996,300 * Ethnic: ** Jews: 642,700 (69.4%) ** Arabs: 233,000 (25.1%) ** Others: 51,000 (5.5%) * Religious (as of 2017): ** Jews: 684,100 (68.6%) ** Muslims: 213,400 (21.4%) ** Druze: 26,300 (2.6%) ** Christians: 17,600 (1.7%) ** Not classified: 56,300 (5.6%) Administrative local authorities See also *Districts of Israel *List of cities in Israel *Arab localities in Israel *Wadi Ara References {{Coord, 32, 35, N, 35, 00, E, region:IL_type:adm1st_source:GNS-enwiki, display=title Haifa District, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Israel
There are six main administrative districts of Israel, known in Hebrew as ''mekhozot'' (; singular: ''makhoz'' ) and Arabic as ''mintaqah'' and fifteen sub-districts known as ''nafot'' (; singular: ''nafa'' ). Each sub-district is further divided into natural regions,Key to the Codes in the Maps - Districts, Sub-Districts and Natural Regions 2018 Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, 2021 , |
Umm Al-Fahm
Umm al-Fahm ( ar, أمّ الفحم, ''Umm al-Faḥm''; he, אוּם אֶל-פַחֶם ''Um el-Faḥem'') is a city located northwest of Jenin in the Haifa District of Israel. In its population was , nearly all of whom are Arab citizens of Israel. The city is situated on the Umm al-Fahm mountain ridge, the highest point of which is Mount Iskander ( above sea level), overlooking Wadi Ara. Umm al-Fahm is the social, cultural and economic center for residents of the Wadi Ara and Triangle regions. Etymology Umm al-Fahm means "Mother of Charcoal" in Arabic. According to local lore, the village was surrounded by forests which were used to produce charcoal. History Several archaeological sites around the city date to the Iron Age II, as well as the Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, early Muslim and the Middle Ages.Zertal, 2016, p119/ref> Mamluk era In 1265 C.E. (663 H.), after Baybars won the territory from the Crusaders, the revenues from Umm al-Fahm were given to the Mamluk ''na'ib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rekhasim
Rekhasim ( he, רְכָסִים, lit. ''Mountain ridges'')Marks, Yehudah. "The Torah Empire of the North", ''Hamodia'' Israel News, 19 March 2015, pp. 21-23. is a Haredi town and local council in the Haifa District of Israel. It is located between Kiryat Tiv'on, Kiryat Ata, and Nesher, next to roads 70, 75, and 762. With a jurisdiction of 2,859 dunams (~2.9 km2), it had a population of in . It is ranked low (2 out of 10) on the Israeli socio-economic scale. Etymology The town was named after a verse in the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 40:4), because it is located on four mountain ranges. Geography Rekhasim lies on four hills near Mount Carmel, labelled with Hebrew letters (Hill Alef, Bet, Gimel and Dalet). It borders two villages in the Zvulun Regional Council: the Jewish Kfar Hasidim and Arab Ibtin. Its lowest elevation is only above sea level, while the highest is at . The average temperature in January is , and in August. The average annual precipitation is . History Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pardes Hanna-Karkur
Pardes Hanna-Karkur ( he, פַּרְדֵּס חַנָּה-כַּרְכּוּר) is a town in the Haifa District of Israel. In it had a population of . History An Arab village named Karkur had stood at this location by the time the Palestine Exploration Fund had compiled its first maps in 1878. In 1913, 15 square kilometers of land was purchased by the Hachsharat Hayishuv society from Arabs in Jenin and Haifa for 400,000 francs (a sum equivalent to 2 million US dollars). Two years later, the land was sold to a private investor, Yitzhak Shlezinger, the Odessa Committee and the First London Ahuza society. This land became the core of Karkur, Moshav Gan Hashomron and Kibbutz Ein Shemer. Until actual settlement began, the area was guarded by Hashomer, which planted eucalyptus trees to circumvent a Turkish law that allowed the Ottomans to expropriate lands if they were not cultivated for three years. The early settlements did not fare well. Shlezinger went bankrupt and sold his la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma'ale Iron
Ma'ale Iron ( he, מעלה עירון, ''lit.'' Iron Heights; ar, طلعة عارة) is an Arab local council in Israel's Haifa District and is a part of the Wadi Ara region in the Triangle. The town consists of the five villages of Bayada, Musheirifa, Musmus, Salem and Zalafa. The villages were joined together in 1996 by the Interior Ministry of Israel to form the local council. In its population was , predominantly Muslims. It has an area of 6.3 km2. Ma'ale Iron has four elected members and since 2013 the head of the council has been Mustafa Ighbarieh. History The five villages of Ma'ale Iron did not have municipal status and instead were under the administration of ''mukhtars'' (village headmen) appointed by the Interior Ministry until 1992 when the Interior Ministry established the Nahal Iron regional council. The council also included Barta'a, Ein as-Sahala and Mu'awiya in addition to the five current villages of Ma'ale Iron. Initially the council operated mainly in Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiryat Tivon
Kiryat Tiv'on ( he, קִרְיַת טִבְעוֹן, also Qiryat Tiv'on) is a town in the Haifa District of Israel, in the hills between the Zvulun (Zebulon) and Jezreel valleys. Kiryat Tiv'on is situated southeast of Haifa, on the main road to Nazareth. Kiryat Tiv'on is the result of the municipal merger of several older settlements, Tiv'on (est. 1947), Elro'i (est. 1935), Kiryat Haroshet (est. 1935) and Kiryat Amal (est. 1937). On the outskirts of Tiv'on is a Bedouin township called Basmat Tab'un. In 2022 it had a population of 19,130. History Ancient Tiv'on An ancient Jewish town called Tiv'on existed in the general area. It was mentioned in the Talmud and Mishnah. It is mentioned several times in Talmudic literature in connection with various sages, some of whom lived there. Ottoman era In 1859, the village of ''Tubaun'' was estimated to have a tillage of 22 feddans.Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p 273/ref> In 1875, Victor Guérin found that the village had 200 inha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kafr Qara
Kafr Qara ( ar, كفر قرع, he, כַּפְר קַרִע; also spelled ''Kafr Qari'') is an Arab town in Israel southeast of Haifa. In its population was . Kafr Qara holds the record for doctors relative to population size in the country with around 14.8 doctors per 1,000 citizens (2007, with more than 50 medicine students back then), and is also known for recording a high rate of academics and master's degree holders. History Mamluk period An early ''defter'' entry noted that Kafr Qara had been incorporated into the "Diwan of the Circassian sultanate" after it had been seized by ‘the Shaykhs of the mountain of Nablus’. Ottoman period Kafr Qara was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with the rest of Palestine, and in the ''defter'' no. 610, which was written soon after 1540, the revenue of Kafr Qara was designated to an endowment in Jerusalem; the Madrasah Al-Uthmaniyya. The whole of the revenue of Kafr Qara, a total of 3,400 aspers annually, belonged to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jisr Az-Zarqa
Jisr az-Zarqa ( ar, جِسْر الزَّرْقَاء lit. ''The blue bridge'', he, גִ'סְר א-זַּרְקָא; often shortened as Jisr) is an Israeli Arab town on Israel's northern Mediterranean coastal plain. Located just north of Caesarea within the Haifa District, it achieved local council status in 1963. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) the town had a population of 13,689 in 2014, living on of coastal land. 80% of residents reportedly live below the poverty line. The name Jisr az-Zarqa is a reference to Taninim Stream, which is known in Arabic as the "Blue Wadi" (Wadi az-Zarka). The mayor is Az-Adin Amash. Jisr az-Zarqa is the only Arab-majority town in Israel located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. History Excavations have revealed walls with pottery remains dating from the 1st CE, with amphoras dating from the 4th to 7th CE, and remains of a structure carrying a ceramic pipe, most probably dating to the Byzantine era. It has been suggest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jatt, Israel
Jatt ( ar, جت; he, גַ'ת) is an Arab local council in the Triangle area of Haifa District in Israel. In it had a population of . History Antiquity Archaeologists excavations have yielded remains from Early Bronze Age and Middle Bronze Age. Both local and imported pottery from this period has been found. A scarab, in bone, dating to the 1750–1550 BCE has also been found. Two Roman lamps have been found here. Archeological excavations have revealed major remains from the Byzantine and the Mamluk eras. Ottoman era Jatt, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596, the village was located in the ''nahiya'' of Sara in the '' liwa'' of Lajjun. It had a population of 5 households, all Muslim. It paid a fixed tax of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; the taxes totalled 5,500 akçe. In 1870, Victor Guérin noted here: "Severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isfiya
Isfiya ( ar, عسفيا, he, עִסְפִיָא), also known as Ussefiya or Usifiyeh, is a Druze-majority town and Local council (Israel), local council in northern Israel. Located on Mount Carmel, it is part of Haifa District. In its population was 12,136. In 2003, the local council was merged with nearby Daliyat al-Karmel to form Carmel City. However, the new city was dissolved in 2008 and the two villages resumed their independent status. History Late Roman and Byzantine periods Isfiya was built on the ruins of an ancient settlement. A building, dating from the second–fourth centuries CE has been excavated, together with ceramics and coins dating from the period. In 1930, remains of a 5th-century Jewish town, Husifah or Huseifa, were unearthed in Isfiya. Among the finds are a synagogue with a mosaic floor bearing Jewish symbols and the inscription "Peace upon Israel". A cache of 4,500 gold coins were found dating from the Roman period. In 1870, the French explorer Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fureidis
Fureidis (also Freidis; ar, فريديس, he, פֻרֵידִיס) is an Arab town in the Haifa District of Israel. It received local council status in 1952. In its population was . Name The name is believed to come from the Arabic (''firdawis''), meaning little Garden of Eden, borrowed from the Persian word for ''paradise''. A population list from about 1887 showed that ''Kh. Fureidis'' had about 300 inhabitants, all Muslim. British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ''Al Feridis'' had a population of 335; all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 454; still all Muslims, in a total of 98 houses.Mills, 1932, p90/ref> In the 1945 statistics the population of Fureidis consisted of 780 MuslimsDepartment of Statistics, 1945, p 13/ref> and the land area was 4,450 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daliyat Al-Karmel
Daliyat el-Karmel ( ar, دَالِيَةِ ٱلْكَرْمِل, he, דַלְיַת אֶל-כַּרְמֶל, "vineyards ( دالية) of Carmel") is a Druze town located on Mount Carmel in the Haifa District of Israel, around 20 km southeast of Haifa. In its population was . History In 1283 both ''Daliyat al-Karmel'' and ''Kh. Doubel'' (just south of Daliyat al-Karmel) were mentioned as part of the domain of the Crusaders, according to the hudna between the Crusaders in Acre and the Mamluk sultan Qalawun. In 1870 a local guide showed French explorer Victor Guérin extensive ruins located south of Daliyat al-Karmel, called Khirbet Doubel. The ruins were the most extensive on Mount Carmel. Guérin thought it might be the town on Mt. Carmel mentioned by Pliny. Conder and Kitchener of the Palestine Exploration Fund surveyed the area and noted "traces of ruins" at a place SE of the village centre called ''Dubil''. Later excavations have found remains there from Iron Age I, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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