Qalansawe or Qalansuwa is a city in the
Center DistrictThe Central District of Israel is one of six administrative districts, including most of the Sharon region. The district capital is Ramla. It is further divided into 4 sub-districts: Petah Tikva, Ramla, Sharon and Rehovot. The district's largest city is Rishon LeZion. Its population as of 2008 was...
of
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
. According to the
Israel Central Bureau of StatisticsThe Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , abbreviated CBS, is an Israeli government office established in 1949 to carry out research and publish statistical data on all aspects of Israeli life, including population, society, economy, industry, education and physical infrastructure.It is headed by a...
(CBS), at the end of 2007, the city had a total population of 17,800, making it the 2nd smallest city in the country. It is part of
the triangleThe Triangle , formerly referred to as the Little triangle, is a concentration of Israeli Arab towns and villages adjacent to the Green Line, located in the eastern Sharon plain among the Samarian foothills...
.
According to CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city was virtually all
ArabArab people or Arabs are an ethnic group whose members identify along linguistic, cultural or genealogical grounds...
Muslim:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits ". Muslim is the participle of the same verb of which Islam is the infinitive. Muslims believe that there is only one God, translated in Arabic as Allah...
s without significant
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ish population. See Population groups in Israel. There were 7,700 males and 7,300 females.
Qalansawe or Qalansuwa is a city in the
Center DistrictThe Central District of Israel is one of six administrative districts, including most of the Sharon region. The district capital is Ramla. It is further divided into 4 sub-districts: Petah Tikva, Ramla, Sharon and Rehovot. The district's largest city is Rishon LeZion. Its population as of 2008 was...
of
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
. According to the
Israel Central Bureau of StatisticsThe Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , abbreviated CBS, is an Israeli government office established in 1949 to carry out research and publish statistical data on all aspects of Israeli life, including population, society, economy, industry, education and physical infrastructure.It is headed by a...
(CBS), at the end of 2007, the city had a total population of 17,800, making it the 2nd smallest city in the country. It is part of
the triangleThe Triangle , formerly referred to as the Little triangle, is a concentration of Israeli Arab towns and villages adjacent to the Green Line, located in the eastern Sharon plain among the Samarian foothills...
.
Demographics
According to CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city was virtually all
ArabArab people or Arabs are an ethnic group whose members identify along linguistic, cultural or genealogical grounds...
Muslim:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits ". Muslim is the participle of the same verb of which Islam is the infinitive. Muslims believe that there is only one God, translated in Arabic as Allah...
s without significant
JewThe Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
ish population. See Population groups in Israel. There were 7,700 males and 7,300 females. The population of the city was spread out with 53.2% 19 years of age or younger, 17.1% between 20 and 29, 17.9% between 30 and 44, 8.0% from 45 to 59, 1.6% from 60 to 64, and 2.2% 65 years of age or older. The population growth rate in 2001 was 3.5%.
According to the Israeli government, internal family marriages have been common in Qalansawe, which was founded by a handful of families. As a result, the residents bear above-average genetic diseases, notably
hearing impairmentA hearing impairment or deafness is a full or partial decrease in the ability to detect or understand sounds. Caused by a wide range of biological and environmental factors, loss of hearing can happen to any organism that perceives sound...
.
Income
According to CBS, as of 2000, in the city there were 2,230 salaried workers and 396 are self-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried worker in the city is ILS 3,854, a real change of 4.0% over the course of 2000. Salaried males have a mean monthly wage of ILS 4,412 (a real change of 5.6%) versus ILS 2,162 for females (a real change of -12.4%). The mean income for the self-employed is 3,764. There are 141 people who receive unemployment benefits and 1,891 people who receive an income guarantee.
Education
According to CBS, there are 7 schools and 3,792 students in the city. They are spread out as 4 elementary schools and 2,223 elementary school students, and 4 high schools and 1,569 high school students. 49.3% of 12th grade students were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001.