Daliyat al-Karmel
Daliyat al-Karmel (Hebrew: דלית אל כרמל Arabic: دَالِيَةِ ٱلْكَرْمِل) is a Druze local cooncil in the Haifa Destrict o Israel, locatit aroond 20 km sootheast o Haifa.
Daliyat al-Karmel
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| Coordinates: 32°41′35″N 35°02′58″E / 32.69306°N 35.04944°ECoordinates: 32°41′35″N 35°02′58″E / 32.69306°N 35.04944°E | |
| Destrict |  Haifa |
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| • Teep | Local cooncil |
| • Head of Municipality | Carmel Nasreddin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.561 km2 (6.008 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 15,500 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
History eedit
The toun wis gien local cooncil status in 1951. Housomeivver, in 2003 it wis mergit wi nearbi Isfiya tae create Carmel Ceety.[1] In 2008, the commonties became separate ance again.
Tourism eedit
The toun is famous for its colorful mercat, which is alive wi visitors aw week lang an especially on Seturdays.
Historical steids eedit
The shrine o Abu Ibrahim, whom the Druze consider thair prophet, is in the auldest pairt o the toun.
Close bi, is the hame o Sir Laurence Oliphant, who livit thare 120 years ago wi his wife Alice, an his secretar Naftali Herz Imber, the author o the naitional anthem o Israel, Hatikva
Notable residents eedit
- Majdi Halabi, Israeli missin sodger
- Ayoob Kara, current Likud MK
- Amal Nasser el-Din, umwhile Likud MK
References eedit
- ↑ "Daliyat el-Karmel". Ministry of Tourism, State of Israel. Archived frae the original on 21 Juin 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
Bibliografie eedit
Mülinen, Egbert Friedrich von 1908, Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Karmels "Separateabdruck aus der Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palëstina-Vereins Band XXX (1907) Seite 117-207 und Band XXXI (1908) Seite 1-258." ("Daliet el-kirmil": p. 242 ff. )
Freemit airtins eedit
| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Dalyat al-Karmel. |
- Official goisrael.com page Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine