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Sheffield

**Sheffield** is a ceity an metropolitan borough o Sooth Yorkshire, Ingland. Its name derives frae the River Sheaf, which runs through the ceity. Historically a pairt o the Wast Ridin o Yorkshire, an pairtly Derbyshire, the ceity haes grown frae its lairgely industrial ruits tae encompass a wider economic base. The population o the Ceity of Sheffield is 534,500 (2008 est.) an it is ane o the aicht lairgest regional Inglis ceities that mak up the English Core Cities Group.

Durin the 19t century, Sheffield gained an internaitional reputation for steel production. Mony innovations wur developed locally, includin crucible an stainless steel, fuellin an amaist tenfold increase in the population durin the Industrial Revolution. Sheffield received its municipal charter in 1893, offeecially becomin the *City of Sheffield*. Internaitional competition in iron an steel caused a decline in traditional local industries durin the 1970s an 1980s, coincidin wi the collapse o coal minin in the area.

The ceity is locatit the valleys o the River Don an its fower tributaries, the Loxley, the Porter Brook, the Rivelin, an the Sheaf, frae which the ceity takes its name. 61% o the Sheffield’s entire area is green space, an a third o the ceity lies athin the Peak District National Park.

## Sister Ceeties
The "Sheffield International Linking Committee" promotes Sheffield owerseas, especially wi fower sister ceeties:

* **[[Anshan Ceety]]**, Cheenae
* **[[Bochum]]**, Germany
* **[[Donetsk]]**, Ukraine
* **[[Esteli]]**, Nicaragua

A further fower ceeties hae a Friendship Agreement wi Sheffield:

* **[[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]]**, Japan
* **[[Kitwe]]**, Zambie
* **[[Kotli]]**, Kashmir, Pakistan
* **[[Pittsburgh]]**, Unitit States

Twa roads in Sheffield hae been named efter sister ceeties; a section o the A6102 in Norton is named Bochum Parkway, an a road in Hackenthorpe is named Donetsk Way.

## Freemit airtins
* Sheffield Ceety Cooncil Wabsteid
* A tale o twa ceeties: the Sheffield Project  a report bi University o Sheffield commissioned bi David Blunkett aboot inequality athin the ceety
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Bradford

**Bradford** is a lees at the hert o the City of Bradford, a metropolitan burgh o Wast Yorkshire, in Northren Ingland. It is situatit in the fuithills o the Pennines, 8.6 mile (13.8&nbsp;km) wast o Leeds, an 16 mile (25.7&nbsp;km) northwast o Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, an received its chairter as a ceety in 1897. Follaein local govrenment reform in 1974, ceety status wis bestowed upon the wider metropolitan borough.

Bradford haes a population o 293,717, makin it the fowerteent-maist muckle settlement in the UK. Bradford forms pairt o the Wast Yorkshire Urban Aurie conurbation which in 2001 haed a population of 1.5 million an is pairt o the Leeds-Bradford Lairger Urban Zone (LUZ), the third lairgest in the UK efter Lunnon an Manchester, wi an estimatit population in the 2004 Urban Audit o 2.4 million.

## Etymology
The name Bradford is derived frae the "broad ford" at Church Bank (belaw the steid o Bradford Cathedral) aroond which a settlement haed begun tae appear afore the time o the Norman Conquest ("Bradeford" in the Domesday beuk o 1086). The ford crossed the stream cried Bradford Beck.

## Internaitional relations
Bradford is twinned wi a number o places aroond the warld:
* Skopje, Macedonie (syne 1963)
* Roubaix, Fraunce (syne 1969)
* Verviers, Belgium (syne 1970)
* Mönchengladbach, Germany (syne 1971)
* Galway, Ireland (syne 1987)
* Mirpur, Pakistan (friendship agreement in 1998)

## References

## Freemit airtins
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Leet o ceeties in Jordan

This **Leet o ceeties in Jordan**  is a leet o ceeties an touns in the kintra o Jordan.

*Amman caipital
*Az Zarqa 
*Irbid 
*Al Karak 
*Ajloun
*Al Dlail
*Al Husn
*Al-Kutaifah
*Al-Matabbah
*Al-Muwaqqar
*Salt
*Aqaba-only port
*Jerash
*Karameh
*Ma'an
*Madaba
*Russiefa
*Sahab
*Tafilah
*Arki
Kaunas

**Kaunas** is the seicont lairgest ceety in Lithuanie, an haes historically been a leadin centre o Lithuanie economic, academic, an cultural life.

## Internaitional relations

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

## Freemit airtins

*Wabsteid o Kaunas ceety 
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*Tourist Information Centre o Kaunas region
Qus

**Qus** () is a ceety in the modren Qena Govrenorate, Egyp, locatit on the east bank o the Nile. Its modren name is ane o mony borraeins in Egyptian Arabic frae Coptic, the last livin phase o Auncient Egyptian. In Graeco-Roman times, it wis cried Apollonopolis Parva or **Apollinopolis Parva** (Greek: ; ), or **Apollonos minoris**.

The auncient ceety on Gesa stuid on the eastren bank o the Nile, an belanged tae the Hypseliote nome. Its necropolis wis locatit opposite o the ceety, on the wastren bank.

Gesa wis an important ceety in the early pairt o Egyptian history. Acause at that time it served as the pynt o depairture for expeditions tae the Red Sea. The ceety gradually lost its importance, anerlie tae regain it in the 13t century wi the openin o an alternate commercial route tae the Red Sea. Syne then, Qus replaced Qift as the primary commercial centre for tradin wi Africae, Indie, an Arabie. It sicweys became the seicont maist important Islamic ceety in medieval Egyp, efter Cairo.

Nouadays, anerlie twa pylons o the Ptolemaic temple o Harwer (Horus the Elder) an Heqet remain.

The day, Qus is the site o a major American/German commercial project tae convert the waste products o succar cane refinin (bagasse) intae paper products.

The modren population o Qus is aroond (11/1/2020) 513,462 people.

## References

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Tahta

**Tahta** (, ) is a ceety in the Sohag Govrenorate o Upper Egyp. It is locatit on the wast bank o the Nile.

## Touns
Veelages athin the jurisdiction o Tahta include:
*El-Khezendareya Shark ()
*Shattoura ()
*El-Sawalem ()
*El-Sawamaa Gharb ()
*Bani Ammar ()
*Bani Harb ()

## Notable residents
*Rifa'a el-Tahtawi
Espírito Santo

**Espírito Santo** is ane o the states o sootheastren Brazil, aften referred tae bi the abbreviation "ES". Its caipital is Vitória an the lairgest ceety is Vila Velha. The name o the state means literally "holy spirit" efter the Holy Ghost o Christianity. Wi an extensive coastline (40% o the territory is on the coast), the state haes some o the kintra's main ports but the beaches are the baist tourist attractions. Vitória, the caipital, is on an island, next tae Guarapari, weel kent bi its saunds. In the extreme north is the Itaúnas pairt o the municipality o Conceição da Barra, whose saund dunes an *forró* are famous. An aa on the coast, the typical gastronomy is anither attraction wi the *moquecas capixabas* an mony fruits frae the ocean an seafuid. In the kintra o the state are mony natural beauties, such as the pairks o Pedra Azul an Alto Caparaó, an the Italian an German colonies.

## References
Ras Gharib

**Ras Gharib** (, transliteration: ***Raʾs Ġārib***) is a municipality in the Reid Sea Govrenorate, Egyp, situatit on the African side o the Gulf o Suez. It is the seicont-lairgest ceety in the govrenorate efter Hurghada, an ane o the leadin centers o petroleum production in Egyp, haein hoosed the main operations for first the Anglo-Egyptian Oil Company (a branch o Royal Dutch Shell) an then the Egyptian naitional petroleum company. For a time it wis the caipital o the Red Sea Govrenorate.
Al Qusayr

**Al-Qusair** (Arabic, **القصير**, whiles romanized as *Al Qusayr*, *El Quseir*, *Quseir*, *Quesir*, *Qusseir*, *Qosseir*, or *Kosseir*) is a ceety in Egyp. Approximately 5000 year auld, it lies alang the Reid Sea. Its auncient name wis Leucus Limen.

Al-Qusair is locatit 205 kilometers sooth o Hurghada, 103&nbsp;km north o Marsa Alam an 73&nbsp;km north o the Marsa Alam Internaitional Airport. Its population wis approximately 20,000 as o 1986. The day, its population is aroond 50,000.

## See an aa
*Red Sea Riviera
*Курорт Эль-Гуна, Красное Море

## Freemit airtins
* Columbia Encyclopedia entry
Port Safaga

**Port Safaga**, forby kent as **Bur Safaga** an **Safaga** (), is a toun in Egyp, on the coast o the Reid Sea, locatit 53 km (33 mile) sooth o Hurghada. This sma port is an' a' a tourist aurie that consists o several bungalows an rest hooses, includin the Safaga Hotel, wi a capacity o 48 rooms (126 beds).

Haein numerous phosphate mines, it is regardit as the phosphates export center. A paved road o 164&nbsp;km (101 mile) connects Safaga tae Qena o Upper Egyp.

## Owerview
Safaga is a marine port connectit bi a regular cruise shuttle service line.  Safaga is considered ane o the maist important therapeutic tourist centres, as special medical researches hae proved the potential o attractin internaitional tourism tae Safaga.

The resort is reputable for its unpollutit atmosphere, black sand-dunes an mineral springs which hae acquired specific characteristics for remedy o rheumatoid arthritis an psoriasis.

Safaga haes a sma but thrivin tourism industry, specialisin in scuba divin.

Safaga wis a merchant port for mony years; nou the toun, wi its wide azure bay, lang sandy beaches an pretty islands, is a favourite sports destination in the Red Sea Riviera. Safaga is especially popular amang kitesurfers an windsurfers, an wis the host o the 1993 Red Sea Warld Windsurfin Championships. At 53 km (33 mile) sooth o Hurghada, Safaga acquires its unique character frae baith its port an the sma surroondin veelage. A holiday in Safaga is mainly aboot watersports an sichtseein, wi little nightlife aroond, except for some nice beach pairties organised bi the local divers an surfers.

The black saund dune beaches characteristic o Safaga are a favourite spot for sun bathers. The sea watter is kent tae be heichlie saline an rich in minerals which are beneficial for the skin, an it is a popular curative destination in the Reid Sea Riviera.

Safaga is hame tae some o the maist ootstaundin divin o the Reid Sea, wi the bay’s chain reefs o Tobia Arbaa, an the impressive waws o Panorama an Abu Qifan touerin reefs, whaur aften big pelagics sic as tunas, sharks an mantas can be spottit.

Safaga is an' a' a guid stairtin pynt for a day trip intae the Eastren Desert tae check oot the granite quarries o Mons Claudianus, or tae the sichts o Luxor, ane o the maist impressive sichts o Egyp, anerlie 220&nbsp;km (137 mile) away.

## References
Cần Thơ

**Cần Thơ** , the name comes frae "cầm thi giang" - river o poems, is a ceety in Vietnam. The ceety, regardit as "Wastren caipital", wi an estimatit population o 1,121,000 as o 2004, is the biggest ceety in the Mekong Delta. The ceety is locatit on the sooth bank o the Hậu River, the bigger branch o the Mekong River. It is 169&nbsp;km frae Ho Chi Minh Ceety, Vietnam’s lairgest ceety.

## Climate
Cần Thơ’s climate is tropical an monsoonal wi twa saisons: rainy, frae Mey tae November; an dry, frae December tae Aprile. Average annual humidity is 83%, rainfaw 1,635&nbsp;mm an temperatur 27&nbsp;°C.

## Admeenistrative seestem
Cần Thơ Ceety constitutes an independent municipality at the same level as provinces o Vietnam. It wis creatit in the beginnin o 2004 bi a split o the umwhile Cần Thơ Province intae twae new admeenistrative units: Cần Thơ Ceety an Hậu Giang Province.

Cần Thơ Ceety is dividit intae nine destricts:
* Ninh Kiều
* Bình Thủy
* Cái Răng
* Ô Môn
* Thốt Nốt
* Phong Điền
* Cờ Đỏ
* Vĩnh Thạnh
* Thoi Lai

It borders the provinces o An Giang, Hậu Giang, Kiên Giang, Vĩnh Long an Đồng Tháp.

## Transportation

Can Tho is connectit tae the rest o the kintra bi Naitional Road 1A an Can Tho Airport. The Can Tho Brig which is nou completit, is the langest cable-stayed brig in Sootheast Asie . The 6-lane Saigon-Can Tho Exressway is being built in pairts frae Ho Chi Minh Ceety tae Trung Luong o My Tho. The hydrofoil express boat links this ceety wi Saigon.

## Tourism

The Mekong Delta is considered tae be the “rice basket o Vietnam,” contributin mair nor 50% o the naition’s rice production. Fowk say o Cần Thơ: 

Cần Thơ is famous for its floatin mercats, Cai Rang an Phung Hiep, whaur fowk sell an buy things on the river, its bird gardens (Bằng Lăng), an Ninh Kieu port. The ceety affers a wide range o tropical fruits such as pomelo, longan, jackfruit, mango an durian.

## Education
Academic institutions in the ceety are Cần Thơ University, Cần Thơ University o Medicine an Pharmacy, Tây Đô University, Cần Thơ College, Cần Thơ College o Foreign Relations an Economics, Medical College, The Economic an Technical College an Vocational College, wi its well-kent College o Agricultur an Mekong Delta Rice Research Institute.

## Economy

Efter 120 years o development, the ceety nou is the delta's maist important centre o economics, cultur, science an technology. It haes a muckle freshwater port an twa industrial pairks. Wi its stable infrastructur, the ceety is cawin for an expectin lairger foreign investment.

## Landmarks

## Freemit airtins

*Cần Thơ Wab 
*Cần Thơ Ceety
Jiayuguan Ceety

**Jiayuguan** () is a prefectur-level ceety in Gansu, Cheenae, wi a population o 127,532 as o 2007. It is maist famous for the nearbi Jiayu Pass, the lairgest an maist intact pass o the Great Waw o Cheenae.

Jiayuguan Ceety is a ceety biggit near the Jiayuguan Pass. In auncient times, mony inns wur biggit near the pass. Gradually, mair an mair fowk decidit tae stay thare for business an Jiayuguan Ceety wis biggit.

At present, Jiayuguan Ceety is no anerlie famous for Jiayuguan Pass but an aa for Jiuquan Steel Company biggit in 1958. The steel company is the lairgest in Gansu Province.

## Transport
Jiayuguan is served bi Cheenae Naitional Heich-gate 312, an the Lanzhou-Xinjiang an Jiayuguan-Ceke Railways.

Direct air services are available tae Xi'an on Shanghai Airlines an Beijing on China Air.

The Latitude is 39° 47' N  an Langitude: 98° 17' E.

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial wabsteid, Ceety o Jiayuguan
Zhangye

**Zhangye** () is a prefectur-level ceety in Cheenae's Gansu province.

## History
Zhangye is in the centre o the Hexi Corridor. The aurie wis the frontier for hintle o Cheenae's history, formin a naitural passage tae the Central Asian portion o the empire. In fact, the name Zhangye (lit. "tae extend the airm") is an abbreviation o **张**国臂**掖**，以通西域 (lit. Tae extend the airm o the kintra, throu tae the Wastren Realm. Durin the Wastren Han dynasty, Cheenese armies war eften engaged against the Xiongnu in this aurie. It wis an aa an important section o the Silk Road.

The ceety wis ance kent as **Ganzhou** (甘州), a name retained baith in the municipal region seat Ganzhou Destrict an the *Gan* o the province o Gansu.  In *The Travels of Marco Polo*, Marco Polo describes spendin a year in a ceety cried *Campichu*, which haes been identifee'd wi Ganzhou (Zhangye).

## Geography an climate
Zhangye is locatit in far wastren Gansu province. In the north it borders Inner Mongolie an in the sooth Qinghai. It haes a lairge aurie o 42,000&nbsp;km² an is blessed wi numerous streams, abundant sunlicht an fertile soil, makin it an important agricultural centre for Gansu an aw o Cheenae.

## Admeenistration
Zhangye haes 1 urban destrict, 4 coonties, 1 autonomous coonty, 97 touns, an 977 veelages.

## Demographics

Zhangye haes a tot population o 1,260,000, anerlie 260,000 bein urban residents. Thare are 26 ethnic minorities ither than Han representit includin mony Hui, Yugur an Tibetans.

## Transport
Zhangye is served bi Cheenae Naitional Heich-gates 227 an 312, an the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway.

## Economy
The 2002 GDP wis 7.566 billion RMB, amaist 9% growthe ower the previous year. Annual urban income wis 5960 RMB,10.4% growthe frae the previous year an rural income wis 3092 RMB, up 5%.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial Wabsteid (Cheenese)
Port Fuad

**Port Fuad** (; Būr Fu’ād) is a ceety in north-eastren Egyp unner the jurisdiction o Port Said Govrenorate, locatit athort the Suez Canal frae Port Said. It forms the northwastmaist pairt o Sinai Peninsulae an haes a population o 560,000 (as o 2003). Port Fuad an Port Said thegither form a metropolitan aurie.

## History
Port Fuad wis established in 1926, principally tae relieve owercruodin in Port Said, an wis named efter Keeng Fuad I (an aa transliteratit as Fuad), the first haulder o the title Keeng o Egyp in the modren era (haein previously held the teetle Sultan o Egyp). 

Efter the war o 1967 Port Fuad wis the anerlie piece o Sinai held bi the Egyptians. The Israelis tried ae captur Port Fuad coontless o times durin the War o Attrition, but failed each time. Durin October War Port Fuad wis secured an land wis regained aroond it tae ensure it wad niver be attacked or bombed again bi the Israelis. The war endit wi a strategic victory for Egyp, an in the Camp David Accord in 1978 Israel agreed tae return Sinai tae Egyp peacefully, an later the twa kintras signed a peace treaty. The day Port Fuad is a major Air Defense Position for Egyp.

## Geografie
The ceety is locatit on a triangular island which is bundit bi the Mediterranean on the north, the Suez Canal on the wast, an the relatively new junction atween the Suez Canal an the Mediterranean on the east. The Suez Canal Authority forms the main employment o the ceety, an its employees comprise maist o the population. It haes ane general hospital.
Rafah, Egyp

**Rafah** or **Egyptian Rafah** is an important ceety in the North Sinai an Egyp's eastren border wi Palestine. It is the caipital o Rafah Markaz in the North Sinai Govrenorate, an is situatit on the eastren Mediterranean coast o Egyp. In the Auncient Egyptian leid, the ceety wis kent as "Rapia".

## History
The ceety wis aaways pairt o the Egyptian Empire syne Pharaohnic dynasties. It wis an' a' a major location on the battle route towards Egyptian settlements in Anatolie an Levant.

## Climate
Like ither Mediterranean ceeties, it is characterised bi warm simmers, mild an cauld winter. The temperatur durin simmer can be aroond 30sC durin daytime. In winter, the ceety gets warm days, but nichts can get -1C an sub-zero temperatur. Rainfaw is average wi hail, sleet an snaw takin place.

## Agricultur
Due tae rain, hail an sleet, the ceety haes plentiful source o water for agricultur an plantin crops. Mediterranean fruits an crops are dominant here, such as: peach, olives, aiples, citrus, dates, grapes, vegetables, straeberry an peppers.
Kafr el-Sheikh

**Kafr el-Sheikh** ( ) is the caipital o the  Kafr el-Sheikh Govrenorate, Egyp, aboot 134&nbsp;km north o Cairo, in the Nile Delta. As o November 2006, the toun haed a population o 147,380 inhabitants.

## Industry
### Factories
Kafr el-Sheikh is hame tae various factories includin a rice mill factory, a poultry forage factory an a sugar beet factory.

## Notable residents
*
*Hossam Ghaly, Egyptian fitbawer
*Osama Anwar Okasha, Egyptian screenwriter an journalist
*Saad Zaghloul, Egyptian politeecian

## References
San Salvador Depairtment

**San Salvador** is a depairtment o El Salvador in the wast central pairt o the kintra. The caipital is San Salvador, which is an aa the naitional caipital. The depairtment haes North o the Rio Lempa Valley, the "Valle de las Hamacas" (Hammock Valley) an a section o Lake Ilopango. Some o the depairtment's ceeties that are densely populatit are: San Salvador, Ciudad Delgado, Mejicanos, Soyapango, Panchimalco an Apopa. The depairtment covers an aurie o 886&nbsp;km² an haes a population o nearly 3 million. It wis classifee'd as a depairtment on Juin 12, 1824. Durin the time o the colony, the depairtment wis the San Salvador Pairty, frae whaur territory wis taken tae mak the depairtments o Chalatenago, La Libertad, Cuscatlán an La Paz.

## Economy
This depairtment produces beans, coffee, succar cane, etc. for agricultur, on the ither haund San Salvador Depairtment haulds mony heidquarters for bankin companies in El Salvador an Central Americae, an for mony communication services, an aa the heidquarters o the electric companies are locatit in the San Salvador Depairtment, last years thir companies teuk a step an stairtit exportin electricity tae aw o Central Americae.

*Largest Ceety: San Salvador
*Smawest Ceety: Rosario de Mora
*Safest Ceety: San Salvador
*Maist Dangerous Ceety: Soyapango

## Municipalities
# Aguilares
# Apopa
# Ayutuxtepeque
# Cuscatancingo
# Delgado
# El Paisnal
# Guazapa
# Ilopango 
# Mejicanos
# Nejapa
# Panchimalco
# Rosario de Mora
# San Marcos
# San Martín
# San Salvador
# Santiago Texacuangos
# Santo Tomás
# Soyapango
# Tonacatepeque
Skhira

**Skhira** () is a coastal toun in central-eastren Tunisie. It is locatit at aroond . It lies on the coast o the Gulf o Gabes. It haes a muckle ile terminal for pipelines comin frae the Tunisian an Algerian ilefields. The auld veelage grew in the late nineteent century as the centre o the export trade in esparto grass, uised in the manufactur o paper.
Menzel Chaker

**Menzel Chaker** is a vera auld toun in the kintraside o Sfax, Tunisie, umwhile kent as Triaga. It is noticed for its production o olives an ither fruits, vegetables an produces as Olive Oil.

It is in Sfax delegation, which is in the Sfax Govrenorate, an nouadays, it contains nearly 2214 fowk.

The toun served a real function in the Tunisian French war (1881-1956) an durin the construction o the state (1956-1964).

## References
Mahmoudiyah

**Al Mahmoudiyah** is an Egyptian ceety wi a history despite its modrenity. It wis ane o the maist important trade ports on the Nile River. Tradin ships travelin frae Upper Egyp an Lawer Egyp tae Alexandria passed through its lock an up the Mahmoudiyah Canal. An aa tradin ships frae Alexandria carried importit merchandises tae Cairo passin bi it.

## Special location
The ceety's special location made it a major trade centre in the region. As ships stopped in its natural forenuin in the Nile the ceety haed a major activity in mercats.
Depairtments o El Salvador

El Salvador is dividit intae 14 depairtments. The follaein belaw are in alphabetical order.

Depairtment (Caipital):
# Ahuachapán (Ahuachapán)
# Cabañas (Sensuntepeque)
# Chalatenango (Chalatenango)
# Cuscatlán (Cojutepeque)
# La Libertad (Santa Tecla)
# La Paz (Zacatecoluca)
# La Unión (La Unión)
# Morazán (San Francisco Gotera)
# San Miguel (San Miguel)
# San Salvador (San Salvador)
# San Vicente (San Vicente)
# Santa Ana (Santa Ana)
# Sonsonate (Sonsonate)
# Usulután (Usulután)

## See an aw
*Municipalities o El Salvador
*Geografie o El Salvador
*Leet o Salvadoran depairtments bi aurie
*Leet o Salvadoran depairtments by population
*Ranked leet o Salvadoran depairtments
*Leet o Salvadoran depairtmental caipitals
*ISO 3166-2:SV
Dikirnis

**Dikirnis** (Arabic:  دكرنس ) is a toun in the centre o the Dakahlia Govrenorate o Egyp. It is situatit aboot 20&nbsp;km east o Mansoura, the caipital o Dakahlia.

## Overview
Alang wi Mansoura an ither northren ceeties, Dikirnis forms a pairt o the Dakahlia Govrenorate. The toun is hame tae ane o the auldest seicontary schuils in Egyp, Ali Mubarak Schuil, which wis biggit in 1911.

## Veelages
Dekernes is the main ceety in Dekernes Markaz (Center). It is surroondit bi mony sma veelages which form a pairt o Dekernes Markaz sic as:

**Local unit o Demouh:**
* Demouh
* El Qibab El Kubra
* El Qibab El Sughra
* Kafr El Qibab
* El Gazeera
* Meit Dhafer
* El Mersaah
* Kafr Abdel Mo'men

**Local unit o Demeshalt:**
* Demeshalt
* Meit El Nahhal
* Kafr El Baz

**Local unit o Negeir:**
* Negeir
* El Qalyubiya
* El Azazna
* Kafr Abu Nasser

**Ithers:**
* El Mahmoudiya
* Manshat Abdel-Rahman
* Ashmun El Rumman
* Meit Tareif
* Meit Sudan
* Meit Sewiyd
* Meit Sharaf
* Meit Fares

## Freemit airtins
*Dikirnis Offeecial Steid  
*Dikirnis Steid
Mallawi

**Mallawi** is a toun in Egyp, locatit in the govrenorate o the Minya.

## Owerview
Situatit in a ferm aurie, the toun produces textiles an handicrafts.

The total aurie o the ceety is about 3 acres (12,000 m2). The soothren limit is Allah Mansion (possibly a releegious structur), the northren limit is a telly transmitter, the eastren border is the Nile, an the wastren bundary is Dirotiah Lake.
The ceety contains mony auncient Egyptian airtifacts.

## See an aw
*Monastery o Saunt Fana

## Freemit airtins
*The Coptic Orthdox Diocese o Mallawi
*Visits o the Holy Family: Mallawi, Egyp
Tira, Israel

**Tira** ( *al-Tira*, ) is an Arab city in the Center Destrict o Israel in Israel. In  it haed a population o . It is pairt o the triangle.

Tira is close tae Kfar Sava, a mair muckle Jewish city, an is weel kent bi its neeburs fur its weekly ootdoor mercat, as weel as fur its Arab cuisine.

## Demographics
Accordin tae CBS, in 2004 the ethnic makeup o the city wis 99.9% Muslim Arabs.

Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 thare wur 9,600 males an 9,300 females. The population o the city wis spread oot wi 47.4% 19 year o age or younger, 16.2% atween 20 an 29, 19.9% atween 30 an 44, 10.8% frae 45 tae 59, 1.8% frae 60 tae 64, an 3.8% 65 year o age or aulder. The population growth rate in 2001 wis 2.8%.

In 2004, 41.3% o the population wis 17 year auld or younger, 54.5% wur atween 18 an 64 year o age, an 4.2% wur aged 65 an abuin.

## Income
Accordin tae CBS, as o 2000, in the city thare wur 3,654 salaried wirkers an 953 are sel-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried wirker in the ceety is ILS 3,767, a real chynge o 2.4% ower the course o 2000. Salaried males hae a mean monthly wage o ILS 4,494 (a real chynge o 6.1%) versus ILS 2,319 for females (a real chynge o -13.0%). The mean income for the sel-employed is 4,289. Thare are 69 fowk who receive unemployment benefits an 1,183 fowk that receive an income guarantee.

In 2004, 41.9% o the population wis pairt o the wirkforce.

## Twinned city
* Burg bei Magdeburg, Germany.

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

## References

### Bibliography

*Conder, Claude Reignier an H.H. Kitchener  (1881): *[http://www.archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp02conduoft The Survey of Western Palestine: memoirs of the topography, orography, hydrography, and archaeology].* Lunnon:Committee o the Palestine Exploration Fund. **vol 2**  (p.298, p.378 )
*Palmer, E. H. (1881): *[http://www.archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft The survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English name lists collected during the survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and explained by E.H. Palmer.]* ( p.246 )

## Freemit airtins
*
Yoav Regional Cooncil

**Yoav Regional Cooncil** (, *Mo'atza Azorit Yoav*) is a regional cooncil in the Sooth Destrict o Israel. It is locatit near the ceeties o Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Malakhi an Ashkelon. It wis foondit in 1952, it covers an aurie o 230,000 dunams (230&nbsp;km2), an its population is aboot 5,300.

The cooncil is named efter Yitzhak Dubnov, who wis nicknamed "Yoav", an who fell while defendin Negba in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Operation Yoav an Metzudat Yoav, which is locatit in the cooncil's aurie, are an aa named efter him.

The cooncil contains twa pairts which are no contiguous geographically. The main pairt is bordered on the north bi Nahal Sorek Regional Cooncil, on the wast bi Be'er Tuvia Regional Cooncil an Shafir Regional Cooncil, on the sooth bi Lakhish Regional Cooncil an Kiryat Gat, an on the east bi Matte Yehuda Regional Cooncil. The wastren portion o the cooncil, which includes the kibbutzim Negba an Sde Yoav, is bordered on the north and east by Shafir Regional Cooncil, on the wast bi Hof Ashkelon Regional Cooncil, an on the wast bi Lakhish Regional Cooncil.

## Communities in the cooncil
The day the cooncil haes 8 kibbutzim, 3 moshavim, a youth veelage, a communal settlement, an an Arab veelage. The mayor o the cooncil is Rani Traynin frae Beit Nir. He wis reelectit in November 2007. The govrenment offices are locatit at Re'em Junction.

### Kibbutzim
*Beit Nir
*Beit Guvrin
*Gal On
*Gat
*Kfar Menachem
*Negba
*Revadim
*Sde Yoav

### Moshavim
*Kfar HaRif
*Nahla
*Sgula

### Youth veelage
*Kedma

### Communal settlement
*Vardon

### Arab veelage
*al-'Azi

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid
Kiryat Ye'arim

**Kiryat Ye'arim** (), kent forbye as **Telz-Stone**, is a toun (local cooncil) in the Jerusalem Destrict o Israel.

Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), at the end o 2005 Kiryat Ye'arim haed a population of 3,100, predominantly Jewish, wi a growth rate o 1.2%.

It is a naur exclusively Haredi toun, wi a verra heich percentage o immigrants frae North Americae an Europe.

## Geography
Kiryat Ye'arim is locatit approximately  wast o Jerusalem, juist north o the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem heich-gate. Neighborin Kiryat Ye'arim tae the northeast is the Arab toun o Abu Ghosh.

Kiryat Ye'arim is atween 661.8 an 749.5 meters abuin sea level.

## History
Kiryat Ye'arim (Toun o Forests) is named efter a toun o the same name mentioned in the Bible in relation tae Keeng David's transport o the Ark o the Covenant tae Jerusalem.  Here the Ark wis said tae hae restit for 20 years. David then removed it tae Jerusalem (I Chronicles 13, 5-8). There thaim that believe that a nearbi tell is the remains o the biblical toun. Anither theory is that the biblical toun is the present Abu Ghosh. The name **Telz-Stone** wis in honor o American Greetings foonder-chairman Irving I. Stone, wha gied generously in the veelage's foondin.

## References
Mateh Yehuda Regional Cooncil

**Mateh Yehuda Regional Council** (, *Mo'atza Azorit Mateh Yehuda*) is a regional council in the Jerusalem Destrict o Israel. In 2008 it wis hame tae 36,200 fowk.

The name o the regional cooncil stems frae the fact that its territory wis pairt o the land allottit tae the Tribe o Judah, accordin tae the Bible.

## Places an communities
The regional cooncil admeenisters moshavim, kibbutzim, Arab veelages an ither rural settlements that lie tae the north an sooth o Jerusalem-Tel Aviv heich-gate, frae Jerusalem tae Latrun an up tae aurie o Beit Shemesh (Ha'ela Valley) in the Sooth.

The settlements vary greatly in their character. There are releegious, secular an mixed Jewish communities, twa Arab communities, an the anerlie mixed Arab-Jewish veelage in Israel - Neve Shalom. Mony o the Jewish communities in the Mateh Yehuda destrict wur established bi immigrants frae Indie, Yemen, Iraq, Iran an kintras in Eastren Europe.

### Leet o veelages
***Kibbutzim**
**Harel · Kiryat Anavim · Ma'ale HaHamisha · Nahshon · Netiv HaLamed-Heh · Ramat Rachel · Tzora · Tzova
***Moshavim**
**Aderet · Agur · Aminadav · Aviezer · Bar Giora · Beit Zeit · Beit Meir · Beit Nekofa · Bekoa · Eshtaol · Even Sapir · Gefen · Givat Ye'arim · Givat Yeshayahu · Kfar Uria · Kisalon · Luzit · Mevo Beitar · Mata · Mahsia · Mesilat Zion · Naham · Nehusha · Nes Harim · Neve Ilan · Neve Michael · Ora · Ramat Raziel · Sdot Micha · Sho'eva · Shoresh · Ta'oz · Tal Shahar · Tarum · Tirosh · Tzafririm · Tzelafon · Yad HaShmona · Yish'i · Zanoah · Zekharia
***Communal settlements**
**Nataf · Srigim · Tzur Hadassah
***Jewish villages**
**Gizo · Motza Illit
***Arab villages**
**Ein Naqquba · Ein Rafa
***Arab-Jewish veelage**
**Neve Shalom
***Ither settlements**
**Deir Rafat · Ein Kerem Agricultural School · Eitanim · Givat Shemesh · Kfar Zoharim · Kiryat Ye'arim Youth Village · Yedida

## Tourism
The main tourist activities in the area are mountain hiking and biking. Other attractions include the Avshalom stalactites cave, natural water springs, historical synagogues and goat cheese farms.

## Pairtnerships
The regional cooncil haes sister ceety-like pairtnerships wi these municipalities:
*  - Vantaa, Finland
*  - Würzburg destrict, Bavarie, Germany
*  - Nümbrecht, North Rhine-Wastphalie, Germany

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid
Shibin El Kom

**Shibin el Kom** (  ) is a ceety in Nile Delta, an the caipital o the Monufia Govrenorate.

The maist important central an local govrenment offices are locatit in the ceety, as well as the main branches o Menoufia University. The ceety haes several public an private schuils, hospitals, a lairge stadium, telecommunication central office o Telecom Egypt, internet service providers, organized tred unions (medical, commercial, agricultur, ingineerin, etc.), athletic teams, poleetical pairties an social organisations an a chamber o commerce.

While the ceety is no a new ane, its infrastructur is bein modrenized. The economy o the ceety depends on industry, commerce an tae a lesser extent on agricultur.

Recent statistical stimates (2006) show that the ceety haes a population o 0.63 million, which is 18.87% o the tot population o the governorate, wi a population density o 2010 persons per square kilometer (this includes the El-Batanoon, El-Sokareya, Bakhaty ,El_Rahb الراهب Istobari, El-Mey, El-Messilha, Melig مليج, Shanawan an Shubrakheet).
Gush Dan

The **Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area** (), cried **Gush Dan** () an aw, is a metropolitan area includin auries frae baith the Tel Aviv an the Central Districts o Israel. The area is closely linked tae the ceety o Tel Aviv throu social, economic, an cultural ties. It is locatit alang the Israeli Mediterranean coastline. The Tel Aviv metropolitan area is the lairgest metropolitan aurie in Israel an consists an estimatit population o 3,206,400 residents, 95% o whom (3,000,000) are Israeli Jews.  It hooses aboot 42% o Israel's population.

## Cities in the Gush Dan
Population as o the end o 2009:

**Ower 300,000**

*Tel Aviv 403,700

**Ower 200,000**

*Rishon LeZion 228,200
*Petah Tikva 209,600
*Ashdod 206,400

**Ower 100,000**

*Holon 184,700
*Netanya 183,200
*Bnei Brak 154,400
*Ramat Gan 145,000
*Bat Yam 130,000
*Rehovot 112,700

**Ower 50,000**

*Herzliya 87,000
*Kfar Saba 83,600
*Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut 72,700
*Lod 69,800
*Ra'anana 68,300
*Ramla 65,800
*Giv'atayim 53,000

**Ower 10,000**

Hod HaSharon, 
Modi'in Illit,
Rosh HaAyin,
Ramat HaSharon,
Ness Ziona,
El'ad,
Yavne,
Kiryat Ono,
Yehud-Monosson,
Tira,
Giv'at Shmuel,
Kafr Qasim,
Qalansawe,
Be'er Ya'akov,
Even Yehuda,
Gan Yavne,
Ganei Tikva,
Gedera,
Giv'at Shmuel,
Jaljulia,
Kfar Yona,
Kiryat Ekron,
Kokhav Ya'ir,
Mazkeret Batya,
Shoham,
Tel Mond,
Tzoran-Kadima


File:Gush Dan.png|Cairt o the Gush Dan
File:Tel Aviv SPOT 1083.jpg|Satellite Image o the Inner Ring o the Gush Dan
File:Modiin-vue general.jpg|Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
File:BeginBlvd.JPG|Ashdod
File:Netanya skyline - hoyasmeg.jpg|Netanya
File:PT-Haim Ozwe3.jpg|Petah Tikva
File:Tel Aviv Beachs.jpg|Tel Aviv beach


## Metropolitan rings
Israel Central Bureau o Statistics divides the Tel Aviv metropolitan aurie intae fower:

**Notes**
* 1 The population o "Jews an others" includes Israeli Jews, non-Arab Christians an those no clessifee'd bi religion.
* 2 The core aurie includes the ceety o Tel Aviv.
* 3 The inner ring includes the ceeties Bat Yam, Holon, Ramat HaSharon, Ramat Gan, Giv'atayim, Bnei Brak, Herzliya, Or Yehuda, Giv'at Shmuel an Kiryat Ono, as well as a multitude o smawer towns (local cooncils).
* 4 The middle ring includes the ceeties Petah Tikva, Ra'anana, Rishon LeZion, Hod HaSharon, Kfar Saba, Yehud, Ramla, Lod, Rosh HaAyin, Ness Ziona an Rehovot, as well as mony smawer touns (local cooncils).
* 5 The ooter ring includes the ceeties Tayibe, Netanya, Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Ashdod , as well as mony smawer touns (local cooncils).

## References
Utah

**Utah** ( or ) is a state in the Wastren Unitit States. It wis the 45t state admit tae the Union, on 4 Januar 1896.  Aboot 80% o Utah's 2,763,885 fowk live alang the Wasatch Front, centerin on Salt Lake Ceety. This leaves vast expanses o the state near uninhabitit, makkin the population the saxt maist urbanized in the U.S. The name "Utah" is derived frae the name o the Ute tribe an means "fowk o the muntains" in the Ute leid. Utah haes mairches wi Arizona soothlins, Colorado eastlins, Wyoming northeastlins, Idaho northlins an Nevada wastlins. It touches a corner o New Mexico an aa.

Utah is the maist releegiously homogeneous state in the Union. Aboot 60% o Utahns is reportit tae be members o The Kirk o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saunts (LDS Kirk), that greatly influences Utah cultur an daily life.

The state is a centre o transportation, information technology an research, govrenment services, minin, an a major tourist destination for ootdoor recreation. Accordin tae the U.S. Census Bureau's population estimates, Utah wis the festest growin state in the Unitit States as o 2008. St. George, Utah, wis the festest growin metropolitan aurie in the Unitit States frae 2000–2005.

## References

## Freemit airtins
;State govrenment
*  state govrenment wabsteid

## Relatit information
Yokneam

**Yokneam Illit** (Hebrew יוקנעם עלית), *Yoqne'am Illit* and *Jokneam Illit*  is a city southeast of Haifa in northren Israel. It is locatit in a hilly region o the Lower Galilee, bordered bi Haifa and Mount Carmel. Yokneam Illit is at the base o the Carmel Mountains an overlooks the Jezreel Valley, 21 kilometres (13&nbsp;mi) frae Haifa an 80 kilometres (50&nbsp;mi) frae Tel Aviv. Yokneam Illit haed a population of 18,600 at the end of 2007. The city haes developed as a centre for Hi-Tech businesses, due tae its proximity tae the Technion in eastren Haifa.

## History

Yokneam appears in the leet of 119 conquered cities bi Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III  efter the victory in the Megiddo battle (1468 BC). Yokneam is mentioned in the Bible as a city of Levites within the Israelite tribe of Zebulun (Joshua 12:22, 19:10-11, 21:34, 1 Kings 4:12). It is locatit near Megiddo (Armageddon). The Crusaders cried Yokneam "Cain Mons", or "Mountain of Cain" in keepin wi the tradeetion that Cain, son of Adam (Genesis 4: 23-24), wis murdered at this site. Yokneam wis populated throughout the Persian, Hellenistic, Roman/Byzantine, Arab, Crusaders, Mameluk, an Ottoman periods.

Yokneam wis then the site of Palestinian veelage named Qira, which wis depopulated in the lead up tae the 1948 Arab–Israeli war. Efter the establishment o the State of Israel, it wis settled bi Jewish immigrants frae North Africae. It achieved local council status in 1967 and municipal status on December 18, 2006.

## Economy

Yokneam Illit is a "National Priority Area A" unner the Israeli Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investment. Approved enterprises in Yokneam Illit enjoy the heichest level of tax benefits and investment grants. In addition, companies relocatin tae the region can apply for concessions in local taxes ower a three year period frae the Yokneam Illit Local Authority.

Osem established a plant in Yokneam in 1974. Initially, the plant produced mainly pasta products, but the scope of activities broadened ower the years. In 1997, the facility doubled in size and three production lines war installed for baked goods such as crackers, biscuits, cookies and pretzels. Bamba, a popular Israeli snack fuid, is produced in Yokneam. Mony Yokneam residents are employed at the plant, which won awairds frae the Council for a Beautiful Israel for its attractive premises.

Yokneam Illit haes attracted mony Hi-tech companies, amang them Intel, Medtronic, Given Imaging, Naiot Venture Accelerator, Mellanox Technologies, Marvell, Soltam Systems an Lumenis.

## International relations

### Twin towns — Sister cities
Yokneam Illit is twinned wi:

## See an aa
*Qamun
*Economy of Israel

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Partnership 2000 Yokneam-Megiddo
*Regional Development Unit for Yokneam-Megiddo 
*Population figures from the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics
Catania

**Catania**  (, Greek:  – *Katáni*; Laitin: *Catăna* an *Catĭna*) is an Italian ceety on the east coast o Sicily facin the Ionian Sea, atween Messina an Syracuse. It is the caipital o the eponymous province, an wi 298,957 inhabitants it is the seicont-lairgest ceety in Sicily an the tent in Italy.

## Twin touns – sister ceeties
Catania is twinned wi:

* Phoenix, USA
* Grenoble, Fraunce, since 1961
* Ottawa, Canadae
* Oświęcim, Poland, syne 2010 (in German leid Auschwitz)
Coat o airms o San Marino

The **[[coat o airms]] o [[San Marino]]** probably oreeginatit in the fowerteent century.

The components o the coat o airms are in detail:

* In the blue shield thare three green muntains wi three siller touers, that is decoratit wi a weather vane wi a siller ostrich feather. The touers seembolise the three citadels o San Marino (La Guaita, La Cesta an La Montale), while the hills represent the three summits o the Monte Titano. *See: [[The Three Touers o San Marino]]* 
* The slogan "LIBERTAS" (Lat. freedom). It possibly refers tae the takin in o victims o poleetical persecution in the earlier years o San Marino, an tae the amazin maintenance o unthirldom in the midst o mony lairger states. The slogan coud hae developed frae the alleged last wirds o the foonder Marinu "Relinquo vos liberos ab utroque homine" (Lat. "I leave ye free frae baith men").
* An aik an laurel branch, whilk surroonds the coat o airms are seembols for the stability o the republic an the defence o the leeberty. 
* A croun, whilk sers as seembol o sovereignty.

The coat o airms o San Marino adorns amang ither things the banner o the kintra an the logo o the Sammarinese Federazione Sammarinese Giuoco Calcio.

## Notes

### See an aao
* Saunt Marinus
Rosh HaAyin

**Rosh HaAyin** (, *lit.* Fountainhead) is a ceety in the Central District of Israel. Tae the wast of Rosh HaAyin is the fortress of Antipatris an the soorce o the Yarkon River. Tae the southeast is the fortress of Migdal Afek (Migdal Tzedek). As of 2009, the population of Rosh HaAyin wis 38,500.

## History
Rosh HaAyin wis foondit in the 1950s near the steid o auncient Antipatris, on the grunds o a Breetish military camp (for detailed pre-1950's history o the aurie see Majdal Yaba). Mony o the residents wur Yemenite Jews airliftit tae Israel in 1949 an 1950 in Operation Magic Carpet.

For decades Rosh HaAyin wis kent as "a Yemenite toun". Houiver, in the 1990's extensive new neighborhuids wur biggit, constitutin in effect a whole new toun, which drew a considerable nummer o Israelis o ither oreegins. The toun still haes, houiver,  a lairge Yemenite population – concentratit in the aulder neighborhuids.

Rosh HaAyin is named efter its location at the mooth o the Yarkon Spring (*rosh* = heid, *ayin* = spring).

## Demographics
Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), in 2001 the ethnic makeup o the ceety wis 99.8% Jewish, wi a predominant nummer o young fowk belaw the age o 19. The population growthe rate wis 2.5%.

## Economy
Accordin tae the CBS, thare wur 10,972 salaried wirkers an 1,033 sel-employed in 2000. The mean monthly wage for a salaried wirker wis NIS 6,595, an increase o 11.2% ower the course o 2000. Salaried males haed a mean monthly wage o NIS 8,408 (a real chynge o 7.8%) versus NIS 4,857 for females (a real chynge o 13.1%). The mean income for the sel-employed wis 6,853. 628 fowk received unemployment benefits an 1,057 received an income supplement.

The Givot Olam ile company discovered ile at the Meged 5 ile field near Rosh HaAyin. The amunt o extractable ile is as yet unkent.

## Education
Accordin tae the CBS, thare wur 21 schuils in Rosh Ha'ayin, wi an enrollment of 7,137. Fifteen wur elementary schuils wi an enrollment o 4,749 an 11 wur heich schuils wi an enrollment o 2,388. In 2001, 58.8% o Rosh Ha'ayin's 12t grade students wur entitled tae a matriculation certificate.

## Notable Residents
* Gal Gadot, Miss Israel 2004
* Yishai Levi, Sangster

## Twin ceeties
*  Birmingham, Alabama, Unitit States
*  New Orleans, Louisiana, Unitit States
*  Prague, Czech Republic
*  Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany
*  Dachau, Bavarie, Germany (Cooperation in preparation)
*  Vanves, France
*  Kiryat Bialik, Israel

## References

## Freemit airtins
* 
* Photographs
Qalansawe

**Qalansawe** an aa spelled **Qalansuwa** (, ) 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 (Arabic)|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
Yehud-Monosson

**Yehud-Monosson** () is the joint municipality o the ceety o Yehud an the neighborin communal dounset o Neve Monosson in central Israel, creatit bi thair pairtial municipal merger in 2003, unner the terms o which Neve Monosson retained municipal autonomy unner a Local Admeenistration ''(minhelet mekomit)''. Thair combined population in 2007, accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), wis approx. 25,800.

Athin a local authority merger program initiatit bi the Israeli Meenistry o the Interior in 2003, the Municipality o Yehud wis merged wi the Local Cooncil o Neve Monosson. Unner the terms o the merger, Neve Monosson wis left wi a heich level o communal autonomy unner the electit Neve Monosson Local Admeenistration (*minhelet mekomit*) which wis grantit municipal status as an autonomous borough (*va'ad rova ironi*) bi the Interior Meenister in 2005 athin the implementation o the merger plan.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial steid 
* Neve Monosson Local Admeenistration