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Kanazawa

is the caipital ceety o Ishikawa Prefectur, Japan.

## Geography, climate, an population

Kanazawa sits on the Sea o Japan, bordered bi the Japan Alps, Hakusan Naitional Pairk an Noto Peninsula Naitional Pairk. The ceety sits atween the Sai an Asano rivers. Its tot aurie is 467.77&nbsp;km².

Kanazawa's wather is temperate tho rainy. Average temperaturs are seemilar tae those o Tokyo tho slichtly ceuler. Mean temperaturs are approximately 4&nbsp;°C in Januar, 15&nbsp;°C in Apryle, 25&nbsp;°C in Julie an August, 15&nbsp;°C in October, an 5&nbsp;°C in December. The minimum temperatur on record wis -2.3&nbsp;°C (2002), wi a maximum o 37.5&nbsp;°C (2002). The ceety is relatively wet, wi an average humidity o 73% an 178 rainy days in an average year. Precipitation is heichest in the hairst an winter; it averages mair nor 250&nbsp;mm / month November throu Januar.

In the quinquennial census o 2010, the ceety haed a population o 462,478 (2005: 454,607), givin a population density o 989 persons per km².

## Sister ceeties
Kanazawa is twinned wi:
*  Buffalo, Unitit States (syne December 18, 1962)
*  Porto Alegre, Brazil (syne Mairch 20, 1967)
*  Irkutsk, Roushie (syne Mairch 20, 1967)
*  Ghent, Belgium (syne October 4, 1971)
*  Nancy, Fraunce (syne October 12, 1973)
*  Suzhou, Cheenae (syne Juin 13, 1981)
*  Jeonju, Republic o Korea (syne Aprile 30, 2002)

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Offeecial wabsteid  in Inglis
* Kanazawa Tourist Information Guide  in Inglis
* Kanazawa Guide  includes interactive cairt an ower 340 pictures.
*
Lovendegem

**Lovendegem** is a municipality locatit in Flanders, ane o the three regions o Belgium, an in the province o East Flanders. The municipality comprises the touns o Lovendegem proper an Vinderhoute. On Januar 1, 2006 Lovendegem haed a total population o 9,358. The total aurie is 19.48&nbsp;km² which gives a population density o 480 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The name o the toun wis first recordit as *Lovendenghiem* in 1150, but there are traces o human settlements back tae the Iron Age.

The Ghent-Bruges Canal crosses the municipality, wi the toun o Lovendegem tae the north o the canal, an Vinderhoute tae the sooth.

## Famous inhabitants
*Maurice De Waele, cyclist, winner o the Tour de France

## References


## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid
Kadamjay Destrict

**Kadamjay Destrict** (; ) is a destrict (raion) in Batken Province, in sooth-wastren Kyrgyzstan.:
The destrict caipital lies at Pulgon. Its population in 2005 wis approximately 30,000.  The lairgest toun o the destrict, the toun o Kadamjay, is locatit atween the ceeties o Khaidarkan (Aidarken) an Kyzyl-Kiya.

The destrict is thocht tae hae the seicont lairgest mercury-antimony deposit in the warld.
Kadamjay Antimony Factory is ane o the  biggest factories in Kyrgyzstan. Khaidarkan Mercury Plant, built in 1942, wis reportit, as o 2005, tae produce 300 tae 600 metric tons o mercury per year.

Ak-Su (white river) is the river which passes through Kadamjay. Jiydelik lake is a favorite picnic spot.

## References

* A steid aboot Kadamzhay  

## Touns an veelages
Kadamjay Destrict is dividit intae 15 admeenistrative diveesions, either 'Aiyl Okmotus' (A/O) in rural auries or veelages wi urban characteristics (ПОСЕЛОК ГОРОДСКОГО ТИПА - PGT):
*Aidarken PGT (АЙДАРКЕН)
*Chauvay PGT (ЧАУВАЙ)
*Sovetskoe PGT (СОВЕТСКИЙ)
*Kadamjay PGT (КАДАМЖАЙ)
*Ak-Turpak A/O (АК-ТУРПАКСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
*Algin A/O (АЛГИНСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
*Birlik A/O (БИРЛИКСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
*Absamat Masaliev A/O (АБСАМАТ МАСАЛИЕВСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
*Kotorma A/O (КОТОРМОСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
*Maidan A/O (МАЙДАНСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
*Markaz A/O (МАРКАЗСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
*Orozbek A/O (ОРОЗБЕКОВСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
*Uch-Korgon A/O (УЧ-КОРГОНСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
*Halmion A/O (ХАЛМИОНСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
*Kyrgyz-Kyshtak A/O (КЫРГЫЗ-КЫШТАКСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
## References
Tamchy

**Tamchy** (; , earlier Тамчи) is a veelage in the Issyk Kul Destrict o the Issyk Kul Province o Kyrgyzstan. The name uised tae be transcribed intae Inglis as **Tamchi**, an some local road signs hae it, surprisingly, as **Tamczy**.

Tamchy is locatit on the north shore o Lake Issyk Kul, atween Balykchy an Cholpon Ata on heich-gate A363. Tae the wast is Kosh Kol.

## Natural environment

The veelage stretches for a couple kilometers alang the shore o a bay formed bi promontories at Kosh Kol (tae the wast) an Choktal (tae the east). A gently raisin desert plain stretches for mair nor ten kilometers north o the veelage, towards the fuithills o the muntain range that separates Issyk Kul basin frae the Kemin Valley farther north. Remote snaw-covered muntain tops can be seen frae the veelage, an, on a clear day, ane can see the Tian Shan muntains athort the lake tae the sooth.

A creek flows frae the muntains tae the shore, bringin fresh water tae the veelage. Alang hintle o its course, the creek is airtificially reroutit (an thus locally kent as an *[[aryk]]*) tae run no alang the bottom o ravines an gulches, but on a heich grund, so that it is possible tae divert water frae it for irrigation. Housomeivver, as the amount o water in the creek is quite limited, anerlie a few square kilometers o land aroond the veelage is actually irrigatit. Veelage hooses are aften surroondit bi orchards, apples an walnuts being local favorites.

Tamchy is ane o the popular family beach vacation destinations on Issyk Kul's north shore. Hintle less developed an mair law-key than Cholpon Ata, it is popular wi baith the Bishkek middle class an budget travellers frae as far away as central Roushie an Siberie. Unlike its wastren neighbor, Kosh Kol, Tamchy wis spared the lairge-scale resort development durin the Soviet era, an its hospitality industry consists maistly o smawer, family-run guesthooses.

## Transportation
Tamchy is locatit on the heich-gate that runs alang the north shore o Issyk Kul, an is served bi passenger vans an buses operatin on Bishkek-Balykchy-Cholpon Ata-Karakol route.

The Tamchy Airport, the lairgest on the lake, is locatit approximately 5 kilometers tae the east o the veelage. In 2006 plans wur annoonced for a major upgrade.
Kiryat Yam

**Kiryat Yam** (, lit. *Sea Toun*) is a toun in the Haifa Bay destrict o Israel, 12 kilometres (7.5&nbsp;mi) north o Haifa. Ane o a group o Haifa suburbs kent as the Krayot, it is locatit on the Mediterranean coast, atween Kiryat Haim an the Tzur Shalom industrial aurie, east o Kiryat Motzkin. In  it haed a population o .

## History

A lairge tract o land on the Haifa Bay wis purchased frae the Sursock family o Beirut bi the American Zion Commonwealth in 1925. In 1928, the Bayside Land Corporation, a jynt ventur o the Palestine Economic Corporation an the Jewish National Fund, acquired 2,400 dunams o residential land in a deal relatit tae the biggin o the IPC ile pipeline. Development o a residential aurie began in 1939, an the first houses war completit in 1940.

## Demographics

Kiryat Yam haes a population o 45,000 residents. The northren aurie o the toun is hame tae mony immigrants frae the umwhile Soviet Union, North Africae an Ethiopie in which the municipality an its mayor Shmuel Sisso wirked tea big dozens o centers an hames tae help the immigrants settle. The ceety is ranked medium on the socio-economic scale.

## Schuils
Kiryat Yam haes 15 preschuils, aicht elementary schuils an 3 heich schuils (Rabin,Rodman & Levinson ) wi a student population o 10,000.

## Israeli-Arab conflict
Durin the 2006 Lebanon War, Kiryat Yam wis hit bi Hezbollah rockets an suffered casualties an property damage.

In Februar 2008, a Google Earth uiser addit an erroneous note that Kiryat Yam haed been biggit on the ruins o Arab Ghawarina, an abandoned Arab veelage. The toun filed a complaint wi the polis against Google for libel.

## Urban development
Urban development plans aimed at upgradin the auld Gimmel neighborhuid wur blocked bi Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, whose main wappens development plant borders Kiryat Yam. In 2009, the Haifa Destrict plannin committee appruivit heich-rise construction for the neighborhuid, owerrulin Rafael's objections.

## Neighbourhuids
* Kiryat Yam  (Dalet) - includin Almogim
* Kiryat Yam  (Gimmel) - biggit in the 1950s
* Kiryat Yam  (Bet)
* Kiryat Yam  (Alef)
* Savyoney Yam
* Psagot Yam & Bne Beitkha

## Internaitional relations
### Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Kiryat Yam is twinned wi:
*  Créteil, Fraunce
*  Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Germany
*  Kislovodsk, Roushie
*  Makó, Hungary

## References
Kiryat Bialik

**Kiryat Bialik** () (an aa **Qiryat Bialik**) is a ceety in the Haifa Destrict in Israel. It is ane o the five Krayot suburbs north o Haifa.  In  it haed a population o . The ceety wis named efter the poet Hayim Nahman Bialik.

## Demographics

Accordin tae CBS, the ethnic makeup o Kiryat Bialik in 2003 wis aw Jewish, athoot a significant Arab population. In 2003, thare wur 17,700 males an 19,400 females.  25.8% o the population wis 19 year o age or younger, 15.8% atween 20 an 29, 17.4% atween 30 an 44, 21.5 frae 45 tae 59, 3.8% frae 60 tae 64, an 15.6% 65 year o age or aulder. The population growth rate in 2005 wis -0.3%. The ceety is ranked medium-heich on the socio-economic scale (7 oot o 10) Mony Jewish immigrants hae settled in Kiryat Bialik, frae Ethiopie,   the umwhile Soviet Union an  Argentinae.

## Income
Accordin tae CBS figures for 2002, thare wur 17,514 salaried wirkers an 912 sel-employed in Kiryat Bialik. The mean monthly wage for a salaried wirker wis 6,119 NIS, a real chynge o -4.6% ower the course o 2002. Salaried males haed a mean monthly wage o 7,851 NIS (a real chynge o -3%) versus 4,491 NIS for females (a real chynge o -7.2%). The mean income for the sel-employed wis 5,996 NIS (a real chynge o -17%). 557 fowk received unemployment benefits an 2,701 fowk received an guaranteed minimum income.

## Education
Accordin tae CBS, thare are 9 schuils an 6,291 students in the ceety:  6 elementary schuils wi 2,540 students, an 3 secondary education schuils (2 junior heich an 1 heich schuil, unner the same admeenistration) wi 3,751 students. 63.4% o 12t grade students wur entitled tae a Bagrut (matriculation) certificate in 2002.

Mossad Ahava, a youth veelage for childer frae heich-risk hame situations, is locatit in Kiryat Bialik.

## Notable persons
*Yochanan Vollach, association fitbaa player

## References
Ashkelon

**Ashkelon** (also **Ashqelon** and **[[Ascalon]]**) ( ; ; Laitin: Ascalonia; Akkadian: Isqalluna) is a coastal ceety in the Sooth Destrict o Israel on the Mediterranean coast, 50 kilometres (31&nbsp;mi) sooth o Tel Aviv, an 13 kilometres (8.1&nbsp;mi) north o the border wi the Gaza Strip. The auncient seaport o Ashkelon dates back tae the Neolithic Age. In the course o its history, it haes been ruled bi the Canaanites, the Philistines, the Israelites, the Assiries, the Babylonians, the Greeks, the Phoenicians, the Romans, the Persians, the Egyptians an the Crusaders, till it wis destroyed bi the Mamluks in 1270.
The Arab veelage o **al-Majdal** (, ), wis established nearbi in the 16t century, unner Ottoman rule. In 1918, Ashkelon became pairt o the Breetish Mandate for Palestine. In the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Majdal wis the forrit position o the Egyptian Expeditionary Force based in Gaza. The veelage wis occupee'd bi Israeli forces on November 5, 1948, bi which time maist o the Arab population o 11,000 haed been forced tae leave. In  the population o Ashkelon wis .

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Ashkelon is twinned wi:

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Ashkelon Ceety Cooncil 
* "Ashkelon, auncient ceety o the sea", *[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]*, January 2001
* Ancient Ashkelon —University of Chicago
* Pictures of Ashkelon —Holy Land Pictures
Shaghur

:*ash-Shaghur is a toun in the [[Balqa]] govrenorate o [[Jordan]] an aw.*
**Shaghur** or **Shagor** (; , *ash-Shaghur*) wis an Arab ceety in the North Destrict o Israel locatit east o the coastal ceety o Acre (Akka). It wis formit in 2003 wi the merger o three Arab local cooncils – Majd al-Krum, Deir al-Asad an Bi'ina. It wis declared a ceety in 2005. The ceety wis dissolvit on 1 December 2008 bi Knesset decree an the pre-2003 component veelages wur gien unthrilt staundin. It wis the third lairgest Arab locality in the North Destrict efter Nazareth an Shefa-'Amr. The name *Shaghur* comes frae the name o the nearby valley which borders the al-Araas muntain in which the ceety wis built upon. The ceety haed a population o 29,900 at the end o 2007.

## References
Kiryat Motzkin

**Kiryat Motzkin** (, ) is a ceety in the Haifa Destrict o Israel, 8&nbsp;km north o the ceety o Haifa. In  it haed a population o . The ceety is named efter Leo Motzkin, ane o the organizers o the First Zionist Congress in 1897.

## History
Kiryat Motzkin wis foondit in 1934, on a sandy patch o land atween the railwey tracks an the Haifa-Acre road.

## Demographics
Accordin tae CBS, in 2006 the ethnic makeup o the ceety wis aw Jewish an ither non-Arabs. Thare wur 18,800 males an 20,900 females, wi 25.5% o the population 19 year o age or younger, 15.2% atween 20 an 29, 19.0% atween 30 an 44, 20.1% frae 45 tae 59, 4.5% frae 60 tae 64, an 15.9% 65 year o age or aulder. The population growth rate in 2006 wis -0.1%.
The ceety is ranked medium-heich on the socio-economic scale (7 oot o 10)

## Income
In 2005, thare wur 17,887 salaried wirkers an 978 sel-employed. The mean monthly wage for a salaried wirker wis NIS 6,581, a real chynge o 0.6% ower the course o 2004. Salaried males haed a mean monthly wage o NIS 8,773 (a real chynge o 3.0%) compared tae NIS 4,634 for females (a real chynge o -2.2%). The mean income for sel-employed wis 6,327. 437 fowk received unemployment benefits an 2,157 received an income supplement.

## Education
Thare are 12 schuils an 6,071 students in Kiryat Motzkin, wi 6 elementary schuils (2,724  students) an 6 heich schuils (3,347 students). 58.4% o 12t grade students wur eligible for a matriculation certificate in 2006.

## Twin touns - sister ceeties

Kiryat Motzkin is twinned wi:
* Tacoma, USA, syne 1979
* Orlando, USA, syne 2006
* Kaifeng, Cheenae
* Bad Segeberg, Germany

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial wabsteid 
* Satellite Image frae Google Maps
Nesher

**Nesher** () is a ceety in the Haifa Destrict in Israel. In  it haed a population o . The mayor o Nesher is David Amar.

## Demographics
CBS statistics for 2005 shaw Nesher's ethnic makeup as 99.5% Jewish an ither non-Arabs. 30.7% o the population in 2005 wur immigrants who came tae Israel efter 1990.

Accordin tae 2001 CBS statistics, Nesher haed 10,000 male an 10,500 female residents. The population wis distributit as follaes: 29.4% 19 year o age or younger, 16.1% atween 20 an 29, 24.0% atween 30 an 44, 16.0% frae 45 tae 59, 3.6% frae 60 tae 64, an 10.8% 65 year o age or aulder. The population growth rate in 2001 wis 0.6%.

## Income
Accordin tae CBS statistics for 2000, ceety residents includit 8,026 salaried wirkers an 474 sel-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried wirker in the ceety wis 5,974 NIS, a real chynge o 7.5% ower the course o 2000. Salaried males haed a mean monthly wage o 7,664 NIS (a real chynge o 6.5%) versus 4,177 NIS for females (a real chynge o 5.1%). The mean income for the sel-employed is 5,727 NIS. Thare wur 435 individuals receivin unemployment benefits an 1,264 individuals receivin a basic income-guarantee supplement.

## Education
Accordin tae the CBS, the ceety haes 9 schuils wi 3,207 students enrolled. These include 6 elementary schuils (1,695 students), an 3 heich schuils (1,512 students). 80.7% o 12t grade students qualified for a matriculation certificate (heich schuil diploma) in 2001.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Offeecial Wabsteid
Or Akiva

**Or Akiva** () is a ceety locatit in the Haifa Destrict o Israel, on the kintra's Coastal Plain . It is locatit juist inland frae the auncient port ceety o Caesarea an the Mediterranean Sea, an tae the north o the ceety o Hadera. It is 30 mile sooth o Haifa an 24 mile north o Tel Aviv. In  it haed a population o .

## Demographics
Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), at the end o 2005 the ceety haed a tot population o 15,800. As such, it is the Israeli ceety wi the lawest population. Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup o the ceety wis 99.3% Jewish an ither non-Arab, wi nae significant Arab population. Thare are 154 immigrant residents. See Population groups in Israel.

Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 thare wur 7,400 males an 7,900 females. The population o the ceety wis spread oot wi 33.7% 19 years o age or younger, 15.4% atween 20 an 29, 20.8% atween 30 an 44, 16.3% frae 45 tae 59, 4.1% frae 60 tae 64, an 9.7% 65 years o age or aulder. The population growth rate in 2001 wis -0.1%.

### Income
Accordin tae CBS, as o 2000, in the ceety thare wur 5,739 salaried wirkers an 399 are sel-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried wirker in the ceety is NIS 3,845, a real chynge o 7.3% ower the course o 2000. Salaried males hae a mean monthly wage o NIS 4,737 (a real chynge o 7.3%) vs. NIS 2,848 for females (a real chynge o 4.3%). The mean income for the sel-employed is 4,662. Thare are 533 fowk who receive unemployment benefits an 1,864 fowk who receive a guaranteed-income supplement.

## Economy
Or Akiva is hame tae a nummer o lairge factories those o Dexxon (pharmaceuticals), Anna Lotan Ltd. (professional skin care), Darbox Ltd. (plastic packaging), an TE Connectivity (electronics).

## Education
Accordin tae CBS, thare are 10 schuils an 2,409 students in the ceety. Thay are spread oot as 6 elementary schuils an 1,575 elementary schuil students, an 5 heich schuils an 834 heich schuil students. 51.9% o 12t grade students wur entitled tae a matriculation certificate in 2001.

Syne 2005 gap year volunteers frae Habonim Dror in hae volunteered in the toun an surroondin auries wirkin in schuils an in extracurricular framewirks wi Arab an Jewish youth.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Or Akiva civic auditorium  {Ebreu}
Kiryat Ata

**Kiryat Ata** (; an aa **Qiryat Ata**) is a ceety in the Haifa Destrict o Israel. In  it haed a population o . It is an aa still kent bi its umwhile name o **Kfar Ata** ().

## History
Aircheological surveys at Khirbet Sharta in the northeast pairt o the ceety revealed traces o habitation datin tae the Bronze, Iron, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, an Mamluk eras.

In the early 20t century, the lands o the Arab veelage o Kofrita wur purchased bi a Warsaw releegious foondation named "Avodat Israel" throu intermediaries in the American Zion Commonwealth. Avodat Israel foondit Kfar Ata in 1925, which wis renamed Kiryat Ata in 1965 when the veelage wis merged wi adjacent Kiryat Binyamin. Durin the 1929 riots the toun wus attacked an abandoned. A year later the residents returned an rebuilt the community. The toun wis kent for the Ata textile factory, established in 1934 bi Erich Moller. In 1969, Kiryat Ata wis declared a ceety.

## Economy
The Ata plant, which opened in 1934, became an icon o the Israeli textile industry. It suffered frae financial problems in the 1960s an closed doun in 1985.

## Climate
Kiryat Ata haes a Mediterranean climate wi het, dry simmers an ceul an rainy winters. 
The hettest month is Julie an the cauldest is Februar. Snawfaw is rare, but snaw wis recordit three times in the 20t century:  in 1950, 1992 an 1999. Annual precipitation is approximately 524 millimetres (21&nbsp;in).

## Demographics
Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup o the ceety wis 99.8% Jewish an ither non-Arab, athoot significant Arab population. See Population groups in Israel. Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 thare wur 23,700 males an 24,900 females. The population o the ceety wis spread oot wi 31.4% 19 year o age or younger, 15.7% atween 20 an 29, 18.5% atween 30 an 44, 18.3% frae 45 tae 59, 4.1% frae 60 tae 64, an 11.9% 65 year o age or aulder. The population growth rate in 2001 wis 0.8%.

## Income
In 2000, thare wur 17,236 salaried wirkers an 1,226 sel-employed. The mean monthly wage wis ILS 5,157. Salaried males haed a mean monthly wage o ILS 6,759 (a real chynge o 4.6%) versus ILS 3,456 for females (a real chynge o 2.7%). The mean income for the sel-employed wis 6,470. Thare wur 1,092 fowk who received unemployment benefits an 4,153 fowk who received an income guarantee.

## Education
In 2000, thare wur 20 schuils an 8,762 students in the ceety: 14 elementary schuils wi 4,899 students, an 11 heich schuils wi 3,863  students. 52.0% o 12t graders wur entitled tae a matriculation certificate in 2001.

## Sports
The ceety's main fitbaa club, Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata, plays in Liga Leumit, the seicont tier o Israeli fitbaa. The local basketbaw club, Elitzur Kiryat Ata, are in Ligat HaAl, the tap diveesion.

## Notable fowk
*Yaniv Katan, association fitbaa player

## References

## Freemit airtins
* CBS population estimates for 2005/2006
*  Municipality wabsteid 
*  Beit Fischer Ceety Museum
Tirat Carmel

**Tirat Carmel** (), or **Tirat HaCarmel**, is a ceety in the Haifa Destrict in Israel. Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), at the end o 2007 the ceety haed a tot population o 18,700.

Throughoot the ages, the steid o the modren ceety wis controlled bi mony fowk, includin the Romans, the Ottoman an the Breetish. The modren ceety wis established on the steid o the Arab veelage o al-Tira.

## History
*See an aw [[Al-Tira, Haifa]]*

Tirat Carmel is biggit on the ruins o the toun o al-Tira. Crusaders cried it *St Yohan de Tire*. It wis ruled bi the Ottomans in late medieval an Renaissance times an wis an agricultural aurie wi wheat an goats an ither ferms. While conscription in the late 1800s harmed the toun, it recovered, an bi 1945 wis a agricultur Muslim community wi a Christian minority. The toun wis kent for production o olives an almonds.

The veelage wis a victim o fechtin atween Jews an Arabs in Israel, bein attacked in 1948, an wis destroyed in the battle. Jewish settlers established the toun that exists the day.

The toun o Tirat Carmel wis offeecially declared a ceety in 1992.

## Demographics
Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup o the ceety wis 99.6% Jewish an ither non-Arab, wi nae significant Arab population. Thare are 87 immigrant settlers. See Population groups in Israel.

Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 thare wur 9,200 males an 9,300 females. The population o the ceety wis spread oot wi 31.2% 19 years o age or younger, 16.7% atween 20 an 29, 19.4% atween 30 an 44, 17.8% frae 45 tae 59, 4.1% frae 60 tae 64, an 10.9% 65 years o age or aulder. The population growth rate in 2001 wis 0.8%.

## Income
Accordin tae CBS, as o 2000, in the ceety thare wur 6,068 salaried wirkers an 411 are sel-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried wirker in the ceety is ILS 4,428, a real chynge o 6.6% ower the course o 2000. Salaried males hae a mean monthly wage o ILS 5,621 (a real chynge o 4.3%) versus ILS 3,211 for females (a real chynge o 9.0%). The mean income for the sel-employed is 4,818. Thare are 450 fowk who receive unemployment benefits an 1,891 fowk who receive an income guarantee.

## Education
Accordin tae CBS, thare are 9 schuils an 3,049 students in the ceety. Thay are spread oot as 6 elementary schuils an 1,681 elementary schuil students, an 6 heich schuils an 1,368 heich schuil students. 59.8% o 12t grade students wur entitled tae a matriculation certificate in 2001.

## Notable fowk
Israeli local celebrities who grew up in Tirat Carmel include Soccer player Reuven Atar, comedian Shalom Asayag, professional dancer an sangster Kfir Danieli an the fashion photographer gabriel hundiashvili.
Tirat Carmel's maist famous sons are probably Amos Grunebaum an Gene Simmons.

## Toun twinnins
* Maurepas, Yvelines
* Monheim am Rhein
* Veszprém

## References
;Notes

## Freemit airtins
*Tirat Carmel Municipality  
*Gene Simmons
Baqa-Jatt

**Baqa-Jatt** is an Israeli-Arab ceety in the Haifa Destrict o Israel established in 2003 throu a merger o Baqa al-Gharbiyye an Jatt. Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), Baqa-Jatt haed a population o 32,400 at the end o 2007. Encompassin an aurie o 18,100 dunams (18.1&nbsp;km²), Baqa-Jatt is pairt o the region kent as the Triangle.

## Demographics
Accordin tae CBS, in 2005 the ethnic makeup o the ceety wis entirely Arab, wi nae Jews. A tot o 48.8% residents wur 19 years o age or younger, 16.1% atween 20 an 29, 19.3% atween 30 an 44, 10.4% frae 45 tae 59, 2.1% frae 60 tae 64, an 3.3% 65 years o age or aulder. The population growthe rate in 2005 wis 2.36%. The population in 2007 wis 32,400—an increase o approximately 700 syne the previous year. Accordin tae the CBS, the population is expectit tae rise tae 32,700.

## Education
Accordin tae CBS, thare wur 10 schuils an 5,391 students in Baqa-Jatt in 2005: sax elementary schuils wi an enrollment o 3,194 students, an fower post-elementary schuils (Baqa-Jatt daes no divide atween middle an seicontary) wi 2,197 students. 57.8% o 12t grade students wur entitled tae a matriculation certificate in 2005.

## Income
Accordin tae CBS, as o 2004, thare wur 7,175 salaried wirkers an 1,216 sel-employed in Baqa-Jatt. The mean monthly wage in 2004 for a salaried wirker in the ceety wis 4,340 NIS, a positive chynge o 14.7% compared tae 2004. Salaried males haed a mean monthly wage of NIS 4,874 (a chynge of 8.3%) versus NIS 3,154 for females (a chynge o 48%). The mean income for the sel-employed wis 4,516. Thare wur 174 fowk who received unemployment benefits an 2,474 fowk who received an income guarantee.

## Sports
Syne December 2005, an interfaith basketbaw program, PeacePlayers Internaitional, haes been operating in Israel. Samer Jassar, 2.06 meters(6'9"), a resident o Jatt, wis spottit as an upcomin talent bi an NBA general manager, an is nou at ane o the tap basketbaw prep schuils in the Unitit States.

## See an aa
*Leet o Arab localities in Israel

## References
Netivot

**Netivot** () is a ceety in the Soothren Destrict in Israel. At the end o 2009 the ceety haed a total population o 26,700. It wis foondit in 1956 as a development toun alang wi Sderot tae the north, an Ofakim tae the sooth. Netivot attracts a number o mainly Sephardi Jewish pilgrims, who come tae pray at the tomb o Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira, a Moroccan-born tzaddik an kabbalist kent as the "Baba Sali" (dee'd 1984) who is buried there.

## Demographics
Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup o the ceety wis 99.9% Jewish an ither non-Arab, wi nae significant Arab population. There are 78 recent immigrants who are in their initial stages o absorption.

Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 there wur 10,500 males an 10,600 females. The population o the ceety wis spread oot wi 46.3% 19 years o age or younger, 16.2% atween 20 an 29, 17.6% atween 30 an 44, 10.4% frae 45 tae 59, 2.8% frae 60 tae 64, an 6.8% 65 years o age or aulder. The population growth rate in 2001 wis 3.9%.

The ceety is ranked law in the socioeconomic index (3 oot o 10)

## Income
Accordin tae CBS, as o 2000, in the ceety there wur 5,339 salaried wirkers an 382 are sel-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried wirker in the ceety is ILS 3,410, a real chynge o 1.1% ower the course o 2000. Salaried males hae a mean monthly wage o ILS 4,482 (a real chynge o 6.5%) versus ILS 2,385 for females (a real chynge o -8.7%). The mean income for the sel-employed is 5,764. There are 445 fowk who receive unemployment benefits an 2,843 fowk who receive an income guarantee.

## Education
Accordin tae CBS, there are 22 schuils an 4,243 students in the ceety. They are spread oot as 16 elementary schuils an 3,053 elementary schuil students, an 11 heich schuils an 1,190 heich schuil students. 43.1% o 12t grade students wur entitled tae a matriculation certificate in 2001.

## Notable fowk
* Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira, the "Baba Sali"

## In popular cultur
*"The Netivot Band" o Montreal, Canadae is named efter Netivot. They currently play Jewish pop cultur muisic at events in Montreal, maist notably the recent Israel Day celebration, in front o 12,000 fowk, at Phillips Square.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Municipal hame page
Ofakim

**Ofakim** (), (*lit.* "horizons")  is a ceety in soothren Israel, 20&nbsp;kilometers wast o Beersheba. It wis foondit as a development toun on Aprile 19, 1955. In 2008, Ofakim haed a population o 24,800. The mayor is Zvika Greengold.

## History

Ofakim wis established as a regional center for the rural communities in the aurie. The early residents wir Jewish immigrants frae North Africae an Indie.

## Demographics

In 2001, the ethnic makeup o the ceety wis 99.7% Jewish an ither non-Arab, wi nae significant Arab population. There wur 11,200 males an 11,800 females – 41.8% 19 years o age or younger, 14.5% atween 20 an 29, 18.5% atween 30 an 44, 12.5% frae 45 tae 59, 3.6% frae 60 tae 64, an 9.1% 65 years o age or aulder. The population growth rate in 2001 wis 0.6%.

Aboot 30 percent o the residents are ultra-Orthodox, mony o them newly observant. Anither 30 percent are immigrants, maistly frae the umwhile Soviet Union. The rest are descendants o the foondin generation, immigrants frae North Africae an Indie who arrived in the toun in the 1950s an 1960s. Ofakim an aa haes a sma community o Ethiopian Jews.

## Economy
In 2000, there wur 5,655 salaried wirkers an 300 sel-employed. The mean monthly wage for a salaried wirker wis NIS 3,728, a real chynge o 7.5% ower the course o 2000. Salaried males haed a mean monthly wage o NIS 4,761 (a real chynge o 10.1%) versus NIS 2,744 for females (a real chynge of 2.2%). The mean income for the sel-employed wis 4,776. There wur 526 fowk receivin unemployment benefits an 3,538 receivin an income supplement.

As in ither development touns, the industrial sector haes historically played an important pairt in Ofakim's economy, but less so than in maist ither development touns. In 1972, 32% o the salaried wirkers (754 fowk) wur in this sector, an in 1983—924 fowk (23%). Durin this period, the textile industries consistently employed bi far the maist wirkers, rangin frae 72% (1982–83) tae 82% (1972). The Of–Ar (short for Ofakim–Argentinae) textile factory wis a major employer.

## Education
There are 19 schuils an 4,704 students in the ceety – 13 elementary schuils (3,079 students), an 8 heich schuils (1,625 students). 43.3% o 12t grade students wur entitled tae a matriculation certificate in 2001.

## Sports
Ane o Israel's 14 tennis centers is locatit in Ofakim. It opened in 1990 an haes sax courts. The ceety an aa haes a soccer stadium.

## Development plans

A train station opened in 2010 wi a caur pairk for 1,000 caurs, an an auld industrial biggin is being convertit intae an airt museum. The Nahal Shomriya cyclin route aroond Ofakim wis inauguratit in 2010. The 60-centimeter-wide single route winds through 1,500 dunams (approx 375 acres) in Ofakim Forest, passin through Nahal Shomriya an Nahal Patish, an loopin aroond aicht local moshavim.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Go south, young men (and women), Haaretz
Kiryat Malakhi

**Kiryat Malakhi** (, **Qiryat Malakhi** or **Kiryat Malachi** an aw) is a ceity cooncil-govrened municipality in Israel's Soothren Destrict, 17 kilometres (11&nbsp;mi) frae Ashkelon. In  it haed a population o . Its jurisdiction is 4,632 dunams (~4.6&nbsp;km²). Moshe Katsav, the aicht Preses o Israel, wis a past mayor o Kiryat Malakhi.

## History
Kiryat Malakhi, literally "Ceity o Angels", wis established in 1951 as a *[[Ma'abarot|ma'abara]]*, or tent ceity, tae hoose the masses o Jewish immigrants who arrived durin the early days o the state, mony o them pairt o the Jewish exodus frae Arab lands. The name wis chosen tae honor the Jewish community o Los Angeles, Californie, which contributit hintle o the fundin for its establishment. It later became ane o several development touns in the Negev.

Moshe Katsav wis electit mayor in 1969 at the age o 24. His younger brither, Lior Katsav, wis mayor o Kiryat Malakhi an aw, whilst Yosef Vanunu held the post frae 1981 till the 1990s. The current mayor is Motti Malka.

## Demographics
The arrival o new immigrants frae the umwhile Soviet Union an frae Ethiopie in recent years haes increased the population o Kiryat Malakhi bi 40 percent. Some 22,000 fowk nou live in the ceity.

## Income
Accordin tae CBS figures for 2000, there wur 5,692 salaried wirkers an 458 sel-employed fowk in Kiryat Malakhi. The mean monthly wage for a salaried wirker wis 3,513 shekels, a real chynge o -3.4% ower the course o 2000. Salaried men earned an average o 4,558 shekels (a real chynge o -3.1%) compared tae 2,405 shekels for females (a real chynge o -4.9%). The mean income for the sel-employed wis 5,471. There wur 472 fowk receivin unemployment benefits an 3,301 fowk eligible for income supplements.

There is a 1000 seatit fitbaa stadium named "Teddy Arena". The club Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi plays there.

## Transportation
Kiryat Malakhi's main transportation hub is Malakhi Junction (kent as Qastina an aw, efter the pre-state Arab veelage that wis locatit here).

## Education
Accordin tae CBS, there are 15 schuils an 4,909 students in the ceity. They are spread oot as 10 elementary schuils an 2,867 elementary schuil students, an 9 heich schuils an 2,042 heich schuil students. 47.9% o 12t grade students wur entitled tae a matriculation certificate in 2001.

## Internaitional relations
### Twin touns - sister ceities

Kiryat Malakhi is twinned wi:
*  Piatra Neamţ, Romanie

## References
;Notes

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid
Rahat

**Rahat** (, ) is a predominantly Bedouin ceety in the Soothren Destrict o Israel. In  it haed a population o . As such, it is the lairgest Bedouin settlement in the warld, an the anerlie ane in Israel tae hae ceety status.

## History

Rahat wis established in 1972, bi the govrenment o Israel, as a new settlement for Bedouins who lived in the surroondin aurie athoot permanent domicile. Till 1980, Rahat wis pairt o the Bnei Shimon Regional Cooncil an frae then on (till 1994) it wis a local cooncil (admeenistered bi a private board till 1989). In 1994 it wis recognized as a ceety—the first Bedouin ceety in Israel.

## Design
The ceety haes a total o 33 neighborhuids. Aw but ane o the neighborhuids consist entirely o separate Bedouin clans but ane is a mixed-clan neighborhuid. Atween ivery neighborhuid, there is a wadi. The ceety an aa haes a mercat, public an commercial services, neighborhuid pairks, public auries, weemen's employment centers, childer's play auries, an several mosques.

## Demographics
Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup o the ceety wis amaist completely Arab athoot significant Jewish population (*see an aa:* Population groups in Israel). As such, it is the lairgest Bedouin settlement in Israel.

Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 there wur 16,300 males an 16,100 females. The population o the ceety wis spread oot wi 65.2% 19 years o age or younger, 15.8% atween 20 an 29, 12.0% atween 30 an 44, 4.7% frae 45 tae 59, 0.9% frae 60 tae 64, an 1.4% 65 years o age or aulder. The population growth rate in 2001 wis 5.9%.

## Income
Accordin tae CBS, as o 2000, in the ceety there wur 3,983 salaried wirkers an 437 are sel-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried wirker in the ceety is ILS 3,008, a real chynge o -0.8% ower the course o 2000. Salaried males hae a mean monthly wage o ILS 3,502 (a real chynge of 0.1%) versus ILS 1,394 for females (a real chynge o -10.7%). The mean income for the sel-employed is 5,198. There are 277 residents who receive govrenment welfare, an 10,906 fowk who receive an income guarantee.

## Meanin o the name
In Arabic, "rahat" means "relief" or "groups" (it is a an aa a Muslim name uised mostly for males). In Ebreu, "rahat" means funtain.

## See an aa

*Leet o Arab localities in Israel
*Bedouin

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Rahat Photo Gallery
Arad, Israel

**Arad** ( ; ) is a city in the Soothren Destrict o Israel. It is locatit on the border o the Negev an Judean Deserts, 25 kilometers (15.5&nbsp;mi) wast o the Deid Sea an 45 kilometers (28.0&nbsp;mi) east o the ceety Beersheba. The ceety is hame tae a diverse population o  includin Ashkenazi an Sephardi Jews, baith secular an releegious, Bedouins an Black Ebreus, as well as native-born Israelis an new immigrants. The ceety is notable for its clean, dry air an serves as a major attraction tae asthmatics warldwide.

Although attempts tae settle the aurie wur made as early as 1921, the ceety wis foondit anerlie in November 1962 as ane o the last twa development touns tae be established, an the first planned ceety in Israel. Arad's population grew significantly wi the Aliyah frae the Commonwalth o Independent States in the 1990s, an peaked in 2002 at 24,500 residents. The ceety haes seen a decline in population iver syne.

As the seicont-lairgest ceety in Israel in terms o jurisdiction, Arad contains a number o lairge public places an facilities, such as the ruins o Tel Arad, the Arad Park, an airfield servin domestic flichts, an Israel's first legal race circuit. It is also weel kent for its annual muisic festival, which wis ane o the maist popular annual muisic events in the kintra till 1995.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — sister ceeties
* Wilmington, Delaware (1973)
* Dinslaken, Germany (1989)
* Burlington, Vermont (1991)

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial wabsteid
Eilat

**Eilat** (,  ) is Israel's soothmaist ceity, a busy port as well as a popular resort, locatit at the northren tip o the Red Sea, on the Gulf o Eilat (or Gulf o Aqaba). Hame tae  fowk, the ceity is pairt o the Soothren Negev Desert, at the soothren end o the Arava. The ceity is adjacent tae the Egyptian veelage o Taba tae the sooth, the Jordanian port ceity o Aqaba tae the east, an athin sicht o Saudi Arabie tae the sooth-east, athort the gulf. Eilat's arid desert climate is moderatit bi proximity tae a warm sea. Temperaturs aften exceed 40 °C (104 °F) in simmer, an 21 °C (70 °F) in winter, while watter temperaturs range atween 20 an 26 °C (68 an 79 °F). The ceity's beaches, nichtlife an desert landscapes mak it a popular destination for domestic an internaitional tourism.

## Geography

The geology an landscape are varied: igneous an metamorphic rocks, sandstane an limestane; muntains up tae 892 metres (2,927&nbsp;ft) abuin sea level; broad valleys such as the Arava, an seashore on the Gulf o Aqaba. With an annual average rainfaw o 28 millimetres (1.1&nbsp;in) an simmer temperaturs o 40 °C (104 °F) an heicher, watter resoorces an vegetation are leemitit. The main elements that influenced the region's history wur the copper resoorces an ither minerals, the auncient internaitional roads that crossed the aurie, an its geopoleetical an strategic position. These resultit in a settlement density that defies the environmental conditions.

## Neighborhuids
Eilat haes 15 neighborhuids:
* Arava
* Ganim A
* Ganim B
* Hadekel
* Ha'eshel
* Mizpe Yam
* Maar'av Sheva, kent as West7 an aw
* Neve Midbar
* Ophir
* Shahamon
* Tse'elim
* Urim
* Ye'elim
* Zofit Elite
* Zofit Tachtit

## Sister ceeties an twin touns

*  Antibes, Fraunce
*  Juan-les-Pins, Fraunce
*  Arica, Chile
*  Durban, Sooth Africae
*  Serres, Greece
*  Smolyan, Bulgarie
*  Kamen, Germany
*  Kampen, Netherlands
*  Toronto, Canadae
*  Los Angeles, Unitit States
*  Ushuaia, Argentinae
*  Piešťany, Slovakie
*  Sopron, Hungary
*  Benidorm, Spain

Eilat haes streets named efter Durban, Kamen, Kampen an Los Angeles as well as a Canadae Pairk.

## References
Oosterzele

**Oosterzele** is a municipality locatit in the Flemish province o East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the touns o Balegem, Gijzenzele, Landskouter, Moortsele, Oosterzele proper an Scheldewindeke. On Januar 1, 2006 Oosterzele haed a tot population o 13,172. The tot aurie is 43.12&nbsp;km² which gies a population density o 305 indwallers per km².

## Famous inhabitants
*Els de Temmerman, jurnalist, activist
*Johan Van Hecke, politeecian
*Gustaaf Joos, Roman Catholic cardinal

## Map
Oosterzele an its composition.

;Cairt descriptions

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial wabsteid
Oostakker

**Oostakker**, umwhile spelled **Oostacker**, is ane o the smawer umwhile municipalities which wur merged intae Ghent (frae which it is anerlie twa mile), the caipital o the Belgian province o East Flanders. The hamlet is mainly kent for its Roman Catholic shrine o the Virgin Mary.

## Shrine o Oostakker
The miraculous shrine o the Blessed Virgin is a place o pilgrimage frae Belgium, the Netherlands an Northren Fraunce. It takes its name frae Ghent. Its oreegin as a centre o pilgrimage is comparatively recent, datin frae 1873.

In 1871 the Marquise de Calonne de Courtebourne haed built in the pairk o her estate at Oostacker an aquarium in the form o an airtificial cave or grotto. Ane day, while on a visit tae the pairk, the parish priest, reverend Moreels, suggestit that a statue o Oor Lady o Lourdes be placed amang the rocks. For twa years the grotto remained simply an aquarium, but gradually the members o the family formed the habit o stoppin there tae recite a Hail Mary. Suin it wis decidit tae bless the statue publicly. The ceremony teuk place on 23 Juin 1873, an wis attendit bi nearly aw the inhabitants o the veelage. The pious Flemish peasants asked permission o the awner tae come frequently tae the pairk tae give vent tae their devotion. Accordingly, access wis alloued them on Sunday efternuin. At that time the warld wis ringin wi the fame o Lourdes, an the shrine at Oostakker suin became popular; marvelous graces an wonderful cures wur reportit.

Afore lang Sunday efternuin nae langer sufficed tae receive the throngs o pilgrims, an the pairk wis thrown open tae the public bi the generous awner. Then a lairge Gothic kirk wis built, the cornerstane being laid on 22 Mey 1875, bi Mgr. Bracq. A priest's hoose followed, an the marchioness in memory o her son, a deceased Jesuit, confided shrine, kirk, an hoose tae the Society o Jesus. The faithers teuk possession on 8 Aprile 1877 an on 11 September o the same year the Apostolic nuncio, Seraphino Vannutelli, consecratit the kirk. That pairt o the estate, in which the grotto wis, wis nou definitively gien ower tae the service o Oor Lady, a lang avenue being built frae the road tae the shrine an a Way o the Cross erectit. In the early 20t century 60,000 pilgrims came annually, in aboot 450 organized pilgrimages.

## Gallery

Image:Basiliek Oostakker-Lourdes.jpg|Oostakker Basilica.
Image:Oostakker - Sint-Amanduskerk 2.jpg|Kirk o Saunt Amand.


## Sources
* http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11259a.htm

## Freemit airtins
Merelbeke

**Merelbeke** is a municipality locatit in the Flemish province o East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the veelages o Bottelare, Lemberge, Melsen, Merelbeke proper, Munte an Schelderode. On Januar 1, 2006, Merelbeke haed a total population o 22,353. The total aurie is 36.65 km² which gives a population density o 610 inhabitants per km².

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid 

*Webpage at Internet Archive
Melle, Belgium

**Melle** is a municipality locatit in the Belgian province o East Flanders. The municipality comprises the veelages o Gontrode an Melle proper. On Januar 1, 2006, Melle haed a total population o 10,585. The total aurie is 15.21&nbsp;km² which gives a population density o 696 inhabitants per km².

Melle is awready being mentioned in documents o the year 830, although the aircheological fyndins pruive the region wis inhabitit lang afore that date.

The name Melle haes twa possible meanins: The Celtic wird *Melina* means *Broun Water*, on the ither side the prehistoric name *Melinos* means *Honey Yellae*.

The veelage Melle consists o three regions: Melle-Centre, Melle-Vogelhoek an Gontrode (syne the fusion in 1976).

Ane o its famous products is the Delirium Tremens beer, bottled bi the Huyghe brewery.
This beer is exportit warldwide an haes been electit as "Best beer in the warld" in 1998 at the Warld Beer Championships in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Miss Belgium 2000, Joke Van De Velde grew up an went tae heich schuil in Melle.

The College van de paters Jozefieten, foondit in 1837 bi canon Constant Van Crombrugghe is kent aw aroond the kintra. At this schuil different Belgian an internaitional celebrities went tae schuil (e.g. Cédric Van Brantegem (runner), a brither o Princess Mathilde, ...). This wis the first schuil in Belgium whaur a commercial science an an industrial science course wur affered. An Erse student brocht alang a fitbaa in 1863. This wis the first fitbaa tae reach the European continent.

## Freemit airtins

*Melle (Dutch Anerlie)
*Wabpage at Reocities
Sint-Amandsberg

**Sint-Amandsberg** is a sub-municipality o Ghent, Belgium. The municipality wis formed in 1872 efter splittin frae Oostakker.



## Freemit airtins

## References
Desteldonk

**Desteldonk** is a parish in the municipality o Ghent in the Belgian province o East Flanders. The first historical record o Desteldonk dates back tae 967. The aurie haes a population o 900. It became pairt o Ghent in 1965.
Mendonk

**Mendonk** is a veelage in the Belgian province o East Flanders, a pairt o the urban aurie o the province's caipital ceety Ghent. 

It is situatit near the canal that connects the ceeties o Ghent an Terneuzen, which puts Mendonk in the middle o an industrial aurie. Its population is 243 (2007).
Destelbergen

**Destelbergen** is a municipality locatit in the Belgian province o East Flanders. The municipality comprises the touns o Destelbergen proper an Heusden an wis creatit on Januar 1, 1977 bi the fusion o these twa municipalities. Its wastren border touches the municipality o Ghent an Melle an is formed bi an auncient siltit up branch o the river Scheldt.

Curiosities worth seein are the mony residential castles, a Gaulish fermhoose, an the Damvallei natur reserve.

On Januar 1, 2006 Destelbergen haed a total population o 17,172. The total aurie is 26.56&nbsp;km² which gives a population density o 646 inhabitants per km².

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid
Wachtebeke

**Wachtebeke** is a municipality locatit in the Belgian province o East Flanders. The municipality comprises the toun o Wachtebeke proper, an a smawer toun: Overslag. On Januar 1, 2006 Wachtebeke haed a total population o 6,881. The total aurie is 34.53&nbsp;km² which gives a population density o 199 inhabitants per square kilometre|km².

The current mayor o Wachtebeke (as o 2004) is Rudy Van Cronenburg.

The **Langelede** is a sma canal an correspondin residential street in the toun. The neighborhuid is slowly migratin frae a poor agricultural environment towards a heicher middle-class residential aurie.

In Wachtebeke lies the provincial pairk *[[Puyenbroeck]]* 

## Fowk frae Wachtebeke
* Jonas Geirnaert, animatit film maker an comedian
* Lieven Scheire, comedian

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid 

## References
Alanya

**Alanya** (pronounced ), formerly Alaiye, is a beach resort ceety an a component destrict o Antalya Province in the Mediterranean Region o Turkey, 166 kilometres (103 mi) frae the ceety o Antalya. On the soothren coast o Turkey, the destrict (which includes the ceety an its built-up aurie) haes an aurie o 1,598.51&nbsp;km2 an (2010 Census) 248,286 inhabitants (ceety 98,627). The population is amaist entirely o Turkis oreegin, but is hame tae aroond 10,000 European residents.

## Sister ceeties

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Alanya municipality offeecial steid