Qalansawe

Qalansawe an aa spelled Qalansuwa (Arabic: قلنسوة‎, Hebrew: קַלַנְסֻוָה‬) is a ceety in the Center Destrict o Israel. Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), at the end o 2007, the ceety haed a tot population o 18,500 makin it the 2nt smawest ceety in the kintra. It is pairt o the triangle. Demographics Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup o the ceety wis virtually aw Arab Muslims athoot significant Jewish population. See Population groups in Israel. Thare wur 7,700 males an 7,300 females. The population o the ceety wis spread oot wi 53.2% 19 year o age or younger, 17.1% atween 20 an 29, 17.9% atween 30 an 44, 8.0% frae 45 tae 59, 1.6% frae 60 tae 64, an 2.2% 65 year o age or aulder. The population growthe rate in 2001 wis 3.5%. Accordin tae the Israeli govrenment, internal faimily marriages hae been common in Qalansawe, which wis foondit bi a haundful o families. As a result, the residents bear abuin-average genetic diseases, notably hearin impairment. History In 1596, Qalansawa appeared in Ottoman tax registers as bein in the Nahiya o Bani Sa'b o the Liwa o Nablus. It haed a population o 29 Muslim hoosehaulds an peyed taxes on wheat, barley, simmercrops, olives, goats or beehives, an a press for olives or graphs. Income Accordin tae CBS, as o 2000, in the ceety thare wur 2,230 salaried wirkers an 396 are sel-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried wirker in the ceety is ILS 3,854, a real chynge o 4.0% ower the course o 2000. Salaried males hae a mean monthly wage o ILS 4,412 (a real chynge o 5.6%) versus ILS 2,162 for females (a real chynge o -12.4%). The mean income for the sel-employed is 3,764. Thare are 141 fowk who receive unemployment benefits an 1,891 fowk who receive an income guarantee. Education Accordin tae CBS, thare are 7 schuils an 3,792 students in the ceety. Thay are spread oot as 4 elementary schuils an 2,223 elementary schuil students, an 4 heich schuils an 1,569 heich schuil students. 49.3% o 12t grade students wur entitled tae a matriculation certificate in 2001. See an aa Leet o Arab localities in Israel References