Ramla
| Ramla | |||
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| Ebreu transcription(s) | |||
| - Ebreu | רַמְלָה | ||
| - ISO 259 | Ramla | ||
| Arabic transcription(s) | |||
| - Arabic | الرملة | ||
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| Coordinates: 31°56′N 34°52′E / 31.933°N 34.867°E | |||
| Destrict | Center | ||
| Foondit | 716 | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| - Heid o Municipality | Yoel Lavi | ||
| Aurie | |||
| - Tot | 9,993 dunams (10 km2 / 3.9 sq mi) | ||
| Indwallers (2009)[1] | |||
| - Tot | 65,800 | ||
Ramla (Ebreu: רַמְלָה Ramlāh; Arabic: الرملة ar-Ramlah, an aa Ramlah,[2] Ramle, Remle an sometimes Rama), is a ceety in central Israel. The ceety is predominantly Jewish wi a significant Arab minority. Ramla wis foondit circa 705–715 AD bi the Umayyad Caliph Suleiman ibn Abed al-Malik efter the Arab conquest o the region. Ramla lays alang the route o the Via Maris, connectin auld Cairo (Fustat) wi Damascus, at the intersection o the roads connectin the port o Jaffa wi Jerusalem.[3]
It wis conquered mony times in the course o its history, bi the Abbasids, the Ikhshidids, the Fatamids, the Seljuqs, the Crusaders, the Mameluks, the Turks, the Breetish, an the Israelis. Efter an ootbreak o the Black Daith in 1347, which greatly reduced the population, an order o Franciscan monks establisht a presence in the ceety.[4] Unner Arab an Ottoman rule the ceety become an important trade center. Napoleon's French Airmy occupied it in 1799 on its way tae Acre.
Most o the toun's Arab residents wur expelled durin the 1948 Arab-Israeli War while ithers remained in the toun. The toun wis subsequently repopulatit bi Jewish immigrants.
The Giv'on immigration detention centre is locatit in Ramla.
In recent years, attempts hae been made tae develop an bonnify the ceety, which haes been plagued bi neglect, financial problems an a negative public image. New shoppin malls an public pairks hae been built, an a municipal museum opened in 2001.[5]
Internaitional relations[edit]
- Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Israel
Twin touns — Sister ceeties[edit]
Ramla is twinned wi:
Kansas Ceety, Missouri
Vaughan, Ontario, Canadae
Moers, Germany
Daugavpils, Latvie
Mek'ele, Ethiopie
Chelyabinsk, Roushie
References[edit]
- ↑ Table 3 – Population of Localities Numbering Above 2,000 Residents and Other Rural Population. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (June 30, 2010). Retrieved on 26 November 2010. .
- ↑ King, Edmund (2004) "Stephen (c.1092–1154)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, online edition accessed 27 Oct 2009
- ↑ University of Haifa Excavation in Marcus Street ramala; Reports and studies of the Recanati Institute for maritime studies Excavations, Haifa 2007
- ↑ Historical timeline at the Ramla Museum, http://ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=193
- ↑ עיריית רמלה - אתר האינטרנט. Ramla.muni.il. Retrieved on 6 Mey 2009. .
