Basma

For the Sooth Destrict local govrenment, see Abu Basma Regional Cooncil.

Basma בסמ"ה‎ بسم‎
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
Destrict	Haifa
Foondit	1995
Govrenment
• Teep	Local cooncil
Population  (2011)
• Total	8,051

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.

Demografics

As o the census o 2008, Basma haed 7,600 residents, o whom 99.8% wur Muslim.

See an aw

• Leet o Arab localities in Israel

References

Bibliografie

• 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.)