Kisra-Sumei
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| Coordinates:32°57′50″N35°18′08″E / 32.96389°N 35.30222°E /32.96389; 35.30222 | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Area | |
• Total | 14,163dunams (14.163 km2; 5.468 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 9,217 |
| • Density | 650.8/km2 (1,686/sq mi) |
Kisra-Sumei (Arabic:كسرا-سميع;Hebrew:כִּסְרָא-סֻמֵיע) is a town andlocal council in the westernGalilee in theNorthern District of Israel. In 2023 it had a population of 9,217.[1] In April 2019, 95% of the population wereIsraeli Arabs of theDruze community, with a smallChristian minority.[2][3] The town has a Druze holy place as well as a statue to the Druze leader andSyrian nationalist revolutionarySultan al-Atrash.
The town is the result of a merger between the villages of Kisra and Sumei and it was recognised as alocal council in 1990.
Kafr Sumei is identified with thelate ancient village ofCaparasima (orKefar Simay), mentioned inJohn Moschus'Spiritual Meadow, aByzantineascetic writing dating from the 7th century.[4]
Kisra appears on the 1870sSWP map (sheet 3, square Nf). In the connected memoirs,Conder andKitchener mention the village as "containing about 150 Druzes", and note in terms of archaeological remains "foundations and heaps of well-cut stones".[5]
In 2022, 95.6% of the population was Druze, 3.3% was Christian and 1.1% was Muslim.[6]
Kisra-Sumei has amediterranean 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.
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| 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) |
| Averageprecipitation 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) |
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