Tira, Israel

Tira
Ebreu transcription(s)
• Ebreu	טִירָה
• ISO 259	Ṭira
• An aw spelt	Tire (official)
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	الطـّيرة
Tira
Coordinates: 32°13′56″N 34°56′54″E
Destrict	Center
Govrenment
• Teep	Ceety
• Heid o Municipality	Mamoun Abd al-Hay
Area
• Tot	11,894 dunams (11.894 km2 or 4.592 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• 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 tot population o 22,600. It is pairt o the triangle.

Tira's soothren entrance

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.

Mannequins wi traditional Moslem veils at Tira's Seturday's mercat

Demographics

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 thare 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

Accordin tae CBS, as o 2000, in the ceety thare 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. Thare 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

Accordin tae CBS, thare are 10 schuils an 4,735 students in the ceety. Thay 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 eddication, 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 eddication. 10% haed an academic degree.

Tira's Schuils

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 schuil 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 Varsities an pairticipate in exchynge programs such as Y.E.S (Bureau o Educational an Cultural Affairs), Seeds of Peace an CISV.

Twinned Ceety

• Burg bei Magdeburg, Germany.

See an aw

• Leet o Arab localities in Israel

References

Bibliography

• Conder, Claude Reignier an H.H. Kitchener (1881): The Survey of Western Palestine: memoirs of the topography, orography, hydrography, and archaeology. Lunnon:Committee o 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  p. 307

Freemit airtins

• 2004 CBS Tira statistical survey PDF (164 KiB) (Ebreu)