Kisra-Sumei

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.

Kisra-Sumei כִּסְרָא-סֻמֵיע‎ كسرا-سميع
Local council
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Kisraˀ - Sumeiˁ
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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)[1]
• 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.

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
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

• Arab localities in Israel
• Druze in Israel

References

1. "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

• 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)
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• 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

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