Tira, Israel
| Tira | |
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| Ebreu transcription(s) | |
| - Ebreu | טִירָה |
| - ISO 259 | Ṭira |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| - Arabic | الطـّيرة |
  Tira
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| Coordinates: 32°13′56″N 34°56′54″E / 32.23222°N 34.94833°E | |
| Destrict | Center |
| Govrenment | |
| - Heid o Municipality | Mamoun Abd al-Hay |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 11,894 dunams (11.9 km2 / 4.6 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (2009)[1] | |
| - Tot | 22,600 |
| Name meaning | The Heich Land |
Tira (Arabic: الطـّيرة al-Tira, Ebreu: טִירָה) is an Arab ceety in the Center Destrict o Israel in Israel. At the end o 2009 the ceety haed a total population o 22,600.[1] It is pairt o the triangle.
Tira is close tae Kfar Sava, a lairger Jewish ceety, an is well kent bi its neighbors for its weekly ootdoor mercat, as well as for its Arab cuisine.
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Demographics [edit]
Accordin tae CBS, in 2004 the ethnic makeup o the ceety wis 99.9% Muslim Arabs (see an aa: Population groups in Israel).
Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 there wur 9,600 males an 9,300 females. The population o the ceety wis spread oot wi 47.4% 19 years o age or younger, 16.2% atween 20 an 29, 19.9% atween 30 an 44, 10.8% frae 45 tae 59, 1.8% frae 60 tae 64, an 3.8% 65 years o age or aulder. The population growth rate in 2001 wis 2.8%.
In 2004, 41.3% o the population wis 17 years or younger, 54.5% wur atween 18 an 64 years o age, an 4.2% wur aged 65 an abuin.
Income [edit]
Accordin tae CBS, as o 2000, in the ceety there wur 3,654 salaried wirkers an 953 are sel-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried wirker in the ceety is ILS 3,767, a real chynge o 2.4% ower the course o 2000. Salaried males hae a mean monthly wage o ILS 4,494 (a real chynge o 6.1%) versus ILS 2,319 for females (a real chynge o -13.0%). The mean income for the sel-employed is 4,289. There are 69 fowk who receive unemployment benefits an 1,183 fowk who receive an income guarantee.
In 2004, 41.9% o the population wis pairt o the wirkforce.
Education [edit]
Accordin tae CBS, there are 10 schuils an 4,735 students in the ceety. They are spread oot as 7 elementary schuils an 2,896 elementary schuil students, an 3 heich schuils an 1,839 heich schuil students. 64.8% o 12t grade students wur entitled tae a matriculation certificate in 2001.
In 2004, 6.5% o the population haed 0 years o education, 17.1% haed up tae 8 years, 55% haed 9 tae 12 years, 11.8% haed 13–15 years, an 9.7% haed 16 or mair years o education. 10% haed an academic degree.
Tira's Schuils [edit]
| 1- Al-Zahraa. | 2-Al-Najah. | 3- Al-G'azali. | 4-Al-Majd. | 5-Al-Aomareya. | 6-Junior High A. | 7-Junior High B. | 8-Amal 1- Ibrahim Qsaem High School. | 9-Technological High School. | 10-Tira's Science High School |
Junior High A
- Mony Heich school students frae Tira Study at Heich schuils oot o Tira.
- Tira's Students are amang o the best students frae Israel's Arab sector. Mony Heich Schuilers frae Tira hae received Scholarships frae Israeli Universities an pairticipate in exchynge programs such as Y.E.S (Bureau o Educational an Cultural Affairs), Seeds of Peace an CISV.
Twinned Ceety [edit]
See an aw [edit]
References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 2,000 Residents and Other Rural Population. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (2010-06-30). Retrieved on 18 Dizember 2010. .
Bibliography [edit]
- Conder, Claude Reignier and H.H. Kitchener (1881): The Survey of Western Palestine: memoirs of the topography, orography, hydrography, and archaeology. London:Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. vol 2 (p.298, p.378 )
- 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.246 )
- Petersen, Andrew (2002), A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine: Volume I (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology), Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780197270110, http://www.amazon.com/dp/0197270115 p. 307
Freemit airtins [edit]
- 2004 CBS Tira statistical survey PDF (164 KiB) (Ebreu)
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