Kisra-Sumei (Arabic: كسرا-سميع; Hebrew: כִּסְרָא-סֻמֵיע) is a town and local council in the western Galilee in the Northern District of Israel. In 2022 it had a population of 9,223.[1] In April 2019, 95% of the population were Israeli Arabs of the Druze community, with a small Christian minority.[2][3] The town has a Druze holy place as well as a statue to the Druze leader and Syrian nationalist revolutionary Sultan al-Atrash.
Kisra-Sumei
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| Coordinates: 32°57′50″N 35°18′08″E / 32.96389°N 35.30222°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Area | |
• Total | 14,163 dunams (14.163 km2 or 5.468 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 9,223 |
| • Density | 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
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.
History
editKafr Sumei is identified with the late ancient village of Caparasima (or Kefar Simay), mentioned in John Moschus' Spiritual Meadow, a Byzantine ascetic writing dating from the 7th century.[4]
Climate
editKisra-Sumei has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa). The average annual temperature is 17.7 °C (63.9 °F), and around 771 mm (30.35 in) of precipitation falls annually.
| Climate data for Kisra-Sumei | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.6 (54.7) |
13.5 (56.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
20.5 (68.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
28.5 (83.3) |
29.7 (85.5) |
30.3 (86.5) |
28.2 (82.8) |
25.8 (78.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
15 (59) |
22.2 (71.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.6 (49.3) |
10.3 (50.5) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
20 (68) |
23 (73) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25 (77) |
23.3 (73.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
10.7 (51.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19 (66) |
19.8 (67.6) |
18.4 (65.1) |
16.4 (61.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
13.3 (56.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 197 (7.8) |
152 (6.0) |
101 (4.0) |
38 (1.5) |
11 (0.4) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
2 (0.1) |
24 (0.9) |
85 (3.3) |
161 (6.3) |
771 (30.4) |
| Source: [5] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Kisra-Sumei 2014 CBS (in Hebrew)
- ^ "The Druze population in Israel - a collection of data on the occasion of the Prophet Shuaib holiday" (PDF). CBS - Israel. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ^ Avi-Yonah, Michael (1976). "Gazetteer of Roman Palestine". Qedem. 5: 45. ISSN 0333-5844.
- ^ "Climate: Kisra-Sumei". September 2019.
Bibliography
edit- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (Kisra: 150, 185 Kafr Sumay': 148, 169 (=Guerin))
- Dauphin, C. (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). Vol. III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. ISBN 0-860549-05-4. (Dauphin pp. 637–8, 639)
- Frankel, Rafael (1988). "Topographical notes on the territory of Acre in the Crusader period". Israel Exploration Journal. 38 (4): 249–272.
- Guérin, Victor (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (Kesra: pp. 77-78; Kefr Semeia: p. 77)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.(p. 192)
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (Kisra: “The fragment”; p. 51; Kefr Sumeia: “The village of Sumeiả”; p. 44)
- Rhode, Harold (1979). Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century. Columbia University. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
- Röhricht, R. (1893). (RRH) Regesta regni Hierosolymitani (MXCVII-MCCXCI) (in Latin). Berlin: Libraria Academica Wageriana.
- Schumacher, G. (1888). "Population list of the Liwa of Akka". Quarterly Statement - Palestine Exploration Fund. 20: 169–191. (p. 174, 191)
- Strehlke, E., ed. (1869). Tabulae Ordinis Theutonici ex tabularii regii Berolinensis codice potissimum. Berlin: Weidmanns. (Strehlke, 1869, pp. 57-58, No. 73; cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH p. 267, No. 1020; cited in Frankel, 1988, p. 255)
External links
edit- Welcome To Kafr Sumei
- Welcome To Kisra-Sumei
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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