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Kisra-Sumei

Summary

Kisra-Sumei (Arabic: كسرا-سميع; Hebrew: כִּסְרָא-סֻמֵיע) is a local council in the western Galilee in the Northern District of Israel. In 2022 it had a population of 9,223.[1] In April 2019, 95% of the population were Israeli Arabs of the Druze community, with a small Christian minority.[2][3] The town has a Druze holy place as well as a statue to the Druze leader and Syrian nationalist revolutionary Sultan al-Atrash.

Kisra-Sumei
  • כִּסְרָא-סֻמֵיע‎
  • كسرا-سميع
Local council
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259Kisraˀ - Sumeiˁ
Kisra-Sumei is located in Northwest Israel
Kisra-Sumei
Kisra-Sumei
Kisra-Sumei is located in Israel
Kisra-Sumei
Kisra-Sumei
Coordinates: 32°57′50″N 35°18′08″E / 32.96389°N 35.30222°E / 32.96389; 35.30222
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
Founded1990
Area
 • Total14,163 dunams (14.163 km2 or 5.468 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total9,223
 • Density650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)

The town is the result of a merger between the villages of Kisra and Sumei and it was recognised as a local council in 1990.

History edit

Kafr Sumei is identified with the late ancient village of Caparasima (or Kefar Simay), mentioned in John Moschus' Spiritual Meadow, a Byzantine ascetic writing dating from the 7th century.[4]

Climate edit

Kisra-Sumei has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa). The average annual temperature is 17.7 °C (63.9 °F), and around 771 mm (30.35 in) of precipitation falls annually.

Climate data for Kisra-Sumei
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 12.6
(54.7) 		13.5
(56.3) 		16.1
(61.0) 		20.5
(68.9) 		25.6
(78.1) 		28.5
(83.3) 		29.7
(85.5) 		30.3
(86.5) 		28.2
(82.8) 		25.8
(78.4) 		20.5
(68.9) 		15
(59) 		22.2
(71.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 9.6
(49.3) 		10.3
(50.5) 		12.2
(54.0) 		15.6
(60.1) 		20
(68) 		23
(73) 		24.3
(75.7) 		25
(77) 		23.3
(73.9) 		21.1
(70.0) 		16.6
(61.9) 		11.9
(53.4) 		17.7
(63.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 6.7
(44.1) 		7.2
(45.0) 		8.3
(46.9) 		10.7
(51.3) 		14.4
(57.9) 		17.5
(63.5) 		19
(66) 		19.8
(67.6) 		18.4
(65.1) 		16.4
(61.5) 		12.7
(54.9) 		8.8
(47.8) 		13.3
(56.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 197
(7.8) 		152
(6.0) 		101
(4.0) 		38
(1.5) 		11
(0.4) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		2
(0.1) 		24
(0.9) 		85
(3.3) 		161
(6.3) 		771
(30.4)
Source: [5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Kisra-Sumei 2014 CBS (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ "The Druze population in Israel - a collection of data on the occasion of the Prophet Shuaib holiday" (PDF). CBS - Israel. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  4. ^ Avi-Yonah, Michael (1976). "Gazetteer of Roman Palestine". Qedem. 5: 45. ISSN 0333-5844.
  5. ^ "Climate: Kisra-Sumei". September 2019.

Bibliography edit

  • Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
  • Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (Kisra: 150, 185 Kafr Sumay': 148, 169 (=Guerin))
  • Dauphin, C. (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). Vol. III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. ISBN 0-860549-05-4. (Dauphin pp. 637–8, 639)
  • Frankel, Rafael (1988). "Topographical notes on the territory of Acre in the Crusader period". Israel Exploration Journal. 38 (4): 249–272.
  • Guérin, Victor (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (Kesra: pp. 77-78; Kefr Semeia: p. 77)
  • Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
  • Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.(p. 192)
  • Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
  • 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. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (Kisra: “The fragment”; p. 51; Kefr Sumeia: “The village of Sumeiả”; p. 44)
  • Rhode, Harold (1979). Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century. Columbia University. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  • Röhricht, R. (1893). (RRH) Regesta regni Hierosolymitani (MXCVII-MCCXCI) (in Latin). Berlin: Libraria Academica Wageriana.
  • Schumacher, G. (1888). "Population list of the Liwa of Akka". Quarterly Statement - Palestine Exploration Fund. 20: 169–191. (p. 174, 191)
  • Strehlke, Ernst, ed. (1869). Tabulae Ordinis Theutonici ex tabularii regii Berolinensis codice potissimum. Berlin: Weidmanns. (Strehlke, 1869, pp. 57-58, No. 73; cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH p. 267, No. 1020; cited in Frankel, 1988, p. 255)

External links edit

  • Welcome To Kafr Sumei
  • Welcome To Kisra-Sumei
  • Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3: IAA, Wikimedia commons