Jisr az-Zarqa

Jisr az- Zarqa (Arabic جسر الزرقاء, Jisr az- Zarqa DMG ', Hebrew ג'סר א - זרקא, " bridge over the blue river " ) is a city located on Israel's Mediterranean coast. The town in the Haifa District is the only purely Arab populated city on the Mediterranean.

General

In the year 2005 11.100 inhabitants were registered, the area of ​​the town was 1.52 km ². Jisr az- Zarqa is a local association and has thus not the legal status of a city on. Are the towns of Zichron Yaakov and Binyamina and the kibbutz Beit Chanania and Ma'agan Micha'el in the surrounding area. The next Arab city is Furaidis. Just south adjacent to Jisr az- Zarqa are the Nobel residential districts of Keisarija, separated by a heaped mound. From the Jewish perspective, this up to 5 m high and over 1 km long earth wall serves as a soundproofing against Muezzinrufe and salutes during festivals, as well as an additional barrier against intruders from Jisr az- Zarqa. From the Arab side of the Wall is called a racist because Jisr az- Zarqa was completely encircled by a trench, the coast, the Taninim National Park and the Tel Aviv- Haifa highway and thus have no natural development opportunity.

In 2008 applied for a citizen of Jisr az- Zarqa, Mariam Amash, a new identity card. When she gave birth year of 1888, which they would be the oldest living person in the world. However, the records and documents from the Ottoman period are not sufficient, so that their year of birth could not be confirmed.

Geography

In Jisr az- Zarqa the Nachal Taninim flows into the Mediterranean. The Israel National Trail, which runs along from the south from Tel Aviv near the coast or right on the shore, leaving here the coast and extends over Carmel on towards Jezreel Valley.