Migdal HaEmek

**Migdal HaEmek** (, an aa offeecially spelt **Migdal HaEmeq**, ) is a ceety in the North Destrict o Israel. Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), at the end o 2007 the ceety haed a tot population o 24,800. Thare is a touer tae the north-east, abuin the toun.

## History
Migdal HaEmek began in 1953 as a ma'abara, afore becomin a development toun. The oreeginal site o the ma'abara wis wast o the current site, at Shimron hill. 
Migdal HaEmek is biggit on the land o the depopulatit Arab veelage o Al-Mujaydil.

## Demographics
Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup o the ceety wis aw Jewish an ither non-Arabs, athoot significant Arab population. Thare are 147 immigrants.

Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 thare wur 11,900 males an 12,200 females. The population o the ceety wis spread oot wi 36.3% 19 years o age or younger, 15.6% atween 20 an 29, 18.1% atween 30 an 44, 15.8% frae 45 tae 59, 3.4% frae 60 tae 64, an 10.7% 65 years o age or aulder. The population growth rate in 2001 wis 0.9%.  Mair recently the Jewish Agency estimatit Migdal HaEmek's population at 28,000, amsist hauf o which are foreign born. Residents, baith foreign-born an native Israelis, are primarily frae Roushie, the Caucasus, Ethiopie, Morocco, Iraq an a sma group frae Sooth Americae.

Hauf o Migdal HaEmek's population is releegious, a lairge portion o which are Ultra Orthodox thanks tae the wirk o the chief rabbi o the ceety an 2004 Israel Prize winner Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman. He wan the prize for his social service wirk an ootreach youth programs in the ceety.

## Income
Accordin tae CBS, as o 2000, in the ceety thare wur 8,379 salaried wirkers an 418 are self-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried wirker in the ceety is ILS 4,351, a real chynge o 5.7% ower the course o 2000. Salaried males hae a mean monthly wage o ILS 5,570 (a real chynge o 5.9%) versus ILS 3,144 for females (a real chynge o 3.2%). The mean income for the sel-employed is 5,938. Thare are 646 fowk who receive unemployment benefits an 2,814 fowk who receive an income guarantee.

## Education
Accordin tae CBS, thare are 22 schools an 5,777 students in the ceety. Thay are spread oot as 13 elementary schools an 2,995 elementary schuil students, an 2 hie schools, an 2,782 hie schuil students. 47.8% o 12t grade students qualified for a matriculation certificate in 2001.

Migdal HaEmek is an aa hame tae the Jewish University, a lairge yeshiva that hooses mair nor 300 students frae aroond the warld.

## Industry
Migdal HaEmek is kent as "The Silicon Valley o Israel".  Mony heichtech Israeli an global heich tech companies are locatit in three industrial pairks.  Amang the companies: **Touer Semiconductors** (foondry) , **RSL** (Control an Diagnostic solutions for defence an commercial applications ), **KLA-Tencor** (inspection tuils), **CI seestems** (electro-optical test seestems, non contact temperature sensors an wet chemistry analyzers), **Nilit** (Nylon for textile industry an thermoplastics for industrial an commercial applications), **Vishay** (discrete an passive semiconductors components) an mony mair.

### Volunteers
Ivery year volunteers frae Habonim Dror come tae Migdal HaEmek tae volunteer in the community. teepically these roles include members o Kvutsat Yovel, an involve teachin in primary an seicontary schools, an wirking wi local Magen David Adom units.

## References

## Bibliography
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## Freemit airtins
* http://www.migdal-haemeq.muni.il/