Rekhasim

Rekhasim (Hebrew: רְכָסִים‬) is a toun (local cooncil) in the Haifa Destrict o Israel. It is locatit atween Kiryat Tiv'on, Kiryat Ata an Nesher, next tae roads 70, 75 an 762. Its estimatit population at the end o 2009 wis 9,200, an its jurisdiction wis 2,859 dunams (~2.9 km2). It is rankit law (2 oot o 10) on the Israeli socio-economic scale. History an name It wis namit efter a verse in the Beuk o Isaiah (Isaiah 40:4), acause the toun is locatit on 4 hill ranges. It wis foondit in 1951 bi released sodgers an residents o nearbi ma'abarot. Geografie Rekhasim lees on fower hills near Munt Carmel, labelled wi Ebreu letters (Hill Alef, Bet, Gimel an Dalet). It borders twa veelages in the Zvulun Regional Cooncil: the Jewish Kfar Hasidim an Arab Ibtin. Its lawest elevation is anerlie 19.8 m (65 ft) abuin sea level, while the heichest is at 193.6 m (635 ft). The average temperatur in Januar is 11 °C (52 °F), an 27 °C (81 °F) in August. The average annual precipitation is 650 mm (26 in). References