Basma
Basma (Arabic: بسم, Hebrew: בסמ"ה) is an Israeli-Arab local cooncil locatit in the Wadi Ara aurie o the Haifa Destrict. The local cooncil wis formit in 1995 throu the consolidation o the veelages o Barta'a West, Ein as-Sahala, an Muawiya; Basma is an acronym o the veelages' names. Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics, the locality haed a population o 7,900 at the end o 2005.[1]
Basma
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Basma |
 Barta'a, ane o the three veelages is in the centre, alangside Umm al-Qutuf. | |
  Basma | |
| Coordinates: 32°30′7.74″N 35°6′14″E / 32.5021500°N 35.10389°ECoordinates: 32°30′7.74″N 35°6′14″E / 32.5021500°N 35.10389°E | |
| Destrict |  Haifa |
| Foondit | 1995 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Local cooncil |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 8,051 |
Demografics
eeditAs o the census o 2008, Basma haed 7,600 residents, o whom 99.8% wur Muslim.
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ "Table 3. - Population(1) of Localities Numbering Above 1,000 Residents And Other Rural Population On 31 December 2006." Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics.
Bibliografie
eedit- 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. (p.149 )
- Petersen, Andrew (2002): A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine: Volume I (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology) (p. 223: Auncient shrine at "Muawiya." Accordin tae local tradeetion, the shrine wis biggit aboot 100 years ago. Houiver, Petersen, examining it in 1994, foond that the structur itself suggestit it wis considerably aulder, wi subsequent rebuilding in the later nineteenth century.)