Kisra-Sumei
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. In April 2019, 95% of the population were Israeli Arabs of the Druze community, with a small Christian minority. 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
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Local council | |
| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Kisraˀ - Sumeiˁ |
Kisra-Sumei Kisra-Sumei | |
| Coordinates: 32°57′50″N 35°18′08″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14,163 dunams (14.163 km2 or 5.468 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 9,223 |
| • Density | 650/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.
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