Or Yehuda

Or Yehuda אוֹר יְהוּדָה‎ أور يهودا‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	ʔor Yhuda
Or Yehuda
Coordinates: 32°02′N 34°51′E
Destrict	Tel Aviv
Foondit	1949 as an immigrants camp
Govrenment
• Teep	Ceety
• Mayor	David Yosef
Area
• Total	5.141 km2 (1.985 sq mi)
Population  (2007)
• Total	32,200
• Density	6,300/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Name meanin	Judah's Licht

Location o Or Yehuda in the Tel Aviv Destrict

Or Yehuda (Hebrew: אוֹר יְהוּדָה‬) is a ceety in the Tel Aviv Destrict in Israel. Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), the ceety haed a tot population o 32,200 at the end o 2007.

History

Square in Or Yehuda

Or Yehuda wis established in 1950 on the site o the umwhile Arab veelage o Saqiya, tae settle Jews frae Iraq an North Africae. In 1988, Or Yehuda wis declared as a ceety. The ceety is nou kent for its proximity tae the internaitional Israeli airport o Ben Gurion. Or Yehuda is locatit whaur the biblical ceety o Kefar Ono uised tae staund.

In 2008, pairt o the Ef'al Regional Cooncil, includin the veelage Ramat Pinkas (Hebrew: רָמַת פִּנְקָס‬), merged intae Or Yehuda.

Demographics

Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup o the ceety wis 100.0% Jewish an ither non-Arab, wi nae significant Arab population. Thare are 80 immigrants. See Population groups in Israel.

Accordin tae CBS, in 2001 thare wur 13,900 males an 14,000 females. The population o the ceety wis spread oot wi 34.6% 19 years o age or younger, 17.7% atween 20 an 29, 20.5% atween 30 an 44, 15.8% frae 45 tae 59, 3.1% frae 60 tae 64, an 8.2% 65 years o age or aulder. The population growthe rate in 2001 wis 3.4%.

Income

Accordin tae CBS, as of 2000, in the ceety thare wur 10,281 salaried wirkers an 1,079 are sel-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried wirker in the ceety is ILS 5,069, a real chynge o 10.8% ower the course o 2000. Salaried males hae a mean monthly wage o ILS 6,220 (a real chynge o 8.9%) versus ILS 3,901 for females (a real chynge o 12.9%). The mean income for the sel-employed is 6,638. Thare are 598 fowk who receive unemployment benefits an 1,605 fowk who receive an income guarantee.

Education

Accordin tae CBS, thare are 14 schools an 5,147 students in the ceety. Thay are spread oot as 10 elementary schools an 2,894 elementary schuil students, an 6 hie schools an 2,253 hie schuil students. 55.7% o 12t grade students wur entitled tae a matriculation certificate in 2001.

References

Bibliography

• Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.

External links

• Offeecial wabsteid Archived 2009-02-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Ebreu)

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