Dalyat el-Carmel [1] ( Heb. דאלית אל-כרמל , Arabic. دالية الكرمل ) is the local council in the Haifa district of Israel . It is the largest and most southern Druze settlement in Israel [2] .
| Local council | |||
| Dalyat el Carmel | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Heb. דאלית אל-כרמל Arab. دالية الكرمل | |||
| |||
| A country |  Israel | ||
| District | Haifa | ||
| Mayor | Rafik halabi | ||
| History and geography | |||
| Square | 9.0 km² | ||
| Height above sea level | |||
| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in the summer UTC + 3 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 17,201 people ( 2018 ) | ||
Located about 75 km north-east of the center of Tel Aviv and 13 km south-east of the city of Haifa , on the territory of the Carmel mountain massif, at an altitude of 450 m above sea level. The area of the council is 9.0 km².
In 2003, Daliat el-Carmel was merged with the nearest Druze village Isfia , forming the city of Carmel. In 2009, the new city was divided back into 2 local councils.
Population
According to the Central Statistical Bureau of Israel , the population at the beginning of 2018 was 17,201 people [3] .
Most of the population - Druze .
Population dynamics by year:
| 1961 | 1972 | 1983 | 1995 | 2001 | 2002 | 2009 | 2012 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4124 | 6140 | 8451 | 11,563 | 13,100 | 13 300 | 15,495 | 16 200 | 16,778 |
Notes
- Cyprus: Lebanon: Israel: Jordan: Geographical Map: Scale 1: 1,000,000 / ch. ed. L.N. Kolosova ; ed. N. B. Trokhin . - M .: Roskartografiya, Omsk cartographic factory , 1996. - (Countries of the world "Asia"). - 500 copies
- ↑ Israel's forgotten tribe, BBC
- ↑ Official data on Israeli settlements as of December 31, 2017 (Hebrew) . Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel . The appeal date is December 27, 2018.