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Kisra-Sumei
Druze town in northern Israel
Local council in Israel
Kisra-Sumei (Arabic: كسرا-سميع; Hebrew: כִּסְרָא-סֻמֵיע) is a town and 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.
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
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
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
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| Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
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| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
12.6
(54.7)
|
13.5
(56.3)
|
16.1
(61.0)
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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)
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20.5
(68.9)
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15
(59)
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22.2
(71.9)
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| Daily mean °C (°F)
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9.6
(49.3)
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10.3
(50.5)
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12.2
(54.0)
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15.6
(60.1)
|
20
(68)
|
23
(73)
|
24.3
(75.7)
|
25
(77)
|
23.3
(73.9)
|
21.1
(70.0)
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16.6
(61.9)
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11.9
(53.4)
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17.7
(63.9)
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| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
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6.7
(44.1)
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7.2
(45.0)
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8.3
(46.9)
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10.7
(51.3)
|
14.4
(57.9)
|
17.5
(63.5)
|
19
(66)
|
19.8
(67.6)
|
18.4
(65.1)
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16.4
(61.5)
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12.7
(54.9)
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8.8
(47.8)
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13.3
(56.0)
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| Average precipitation mm (inches)
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197
(7.8)
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152
(6.0)
|
101
(4.0)
|
38
(1.5)
|
11
(0.4)
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0
(0)
|
0
(0)
|
0
(0)
|
2
(0.1)
|
24
(0.9)
|
85
(3.3)
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161
(6.3)
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771
(30.4)
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| Source: [5]
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See also
References
Bibliography
- 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, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (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, E., 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)
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