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Daliyat al-Karmel

  • דאלית אל-כרמל
  • دَالِيَةِ ٱلْكَرْمِل
Daliyat al-Karmel is located in Israel
Daliyat al-Karmel
Daliyat al-Karmel
Coordinates: 32°41′35″N 35°02′58″E / 32.69306°N 35.04944°E / 32.69306; 35.04944Coordinates: 32°41′35″N 35°02′58″E / 32.69306°N 35.04944°E / 32.69306; 35.04944
Destrict Haifa
Govrenment
 • TeepLocal cooncil
 • Head of MunicipalityCarmel Nasreddin
Area
 • Total15.561 km2 (6.008 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total15,500
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)

Daliyat al-Karmel (Hebrew: דלית אל כרמל‎‎ Arabic: دَالِيَةِ ٱلْكَرْمِل‎) is a Druze local cooncil in the Haifa Destrict o Israel, locatit aroond 20 km sootheast o Haifa.

History

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The toun wis gien local cooncil status in 1951. Housomeivver, in 2003 it wis mergit wi nearbi Isfiya tae create Carmel Ceety.[1] In 2008, the commonties became separate ance again.

Tourism

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The toun is famous for its colorful mercat, which is alive wi visitors aw week lang an especially on Seturdays.

Historical steids

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The shrine o Abu Ibrahim, whom the Druze consider thair prophet, is in the auldest pairt o the toun.

Close bi, is the hame o Sir Laurence Oliphant, who livit thare 120 years ago wi his wife Alice, an his secretar Naftali Herz Imber, the author o the naitional anthem o Israel, Hatikva

Notable residents

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References

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  1. "Daliyat el-Karmel". Ministry of Tourism, State of Israel. Archived frae the original on 21 Juin 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008.

Bibliografie

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Mülinen, Egbert Friedrich von 1908, Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Karmels "Separateabdruck aus der Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palëstina-Vereins Band XXX (1907) Seite 117-207 und Band XXXI (1908) Seite 1-258." ("Daliet el-kirmil": p. 242 ff. )

Freemit airtins

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