Kisra-Sumei ( ar, كسرا-سميع; he, כִּסְרָא-סֻמֵיע) is a
local council in the western
Galilee in the
Northern District of Israel. In it had a population of . In April 2019, 95% of the population were
Israeli Arabs
The Arab citizens of Israel are the largest ethnic minority in the country. They comprise a hybrid community of Israeli citizens with a heritage of Palestinian citizenship, mixed religions (Muslim, Christian or Druze), bilingual in Arabic an ...
of the
Druze community, with a small Christian minority.
Kisra-Sumei 2014
CBS Syrian nationalist
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It should not be confused with the Arab nationalism that ...
revolutionary Sultan al-Atrash.
The town is the result of a merger between the villages of Kisra and Sumei and it was recognised as a local council in 1990.
Climate
Kisra-Sumei has a mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...
(Köppen climate classification
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: ''Csa''). The average annual temperature is , and around of precipitation falls annually.
See also
*Arab localities in Israel
Arab localities in Israel include all population centers with a 50% or higher Arab population in Israel. East Jerusalem and Golan Heights are not internationally recognized parts of Israel proper but have been included in this list.
According to ...
* Druze in Israel
References
Bibliography
*
* (Kisra
150185
Kafr Sumay'
148169
(=Guerin))
* (Dauphin pp. 637–8, 639)
*
* (Kesra: pp
77
78; Kefr Semeia: p
77
*
*(p. 192)
*
* (Kisra: “The fragment”; p
51
Kefr Sumeia: “The village of Sumeiả”; p
44
*
*
* (p
174 191
* (Strehlke, 1869, pp
57
58, No. 73; cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH p
267
No. 1020; cited in Frankel, 1988, p. 255)
External links
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3
IAAWikimedia commons
Druze communities in Israel
Arab Christian communities in Israel
Local councils in Northern District (Israel)
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