Nesher
| Nesher | |
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • Hebrew | נֶשֶׁר |
| • ISO 259 | Nešr |
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| Coordinates: 32°46′N 35°03′E / 32.767°N 35.05°ECoordinates: 32°46′N 35°03′E / 32.767°N 35.05°E | |
| District | Haifa |
| Founded | 1925 |
| Government | |
| • Type | City |
| • Mayor | David Amar |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12,090 dunams (12.09 km2 or 4.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 23,000 |
| Name meaning | vulture |
Nesher (Hebrew: נֶשֶׁר) is a city in the Haifa District of Israel. In 2011, Nesher had a population of 23,000. The mayor of Nesher is David Amar.[1]
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[edit] Etymology
The town was called Nesher, Hebrew for vulture, from the Nesher Cement factory, which may have been so named after the German company Geier (vulture in German).
[edit] History
Nesher was founded in the early 1930s as a workers town for the Nesher Cement factory, established in 1922 by Michael Pollack, a Jewish industrialist from Russia. The area was swampy and malaria-infested, but employees of the factory gradually moved there with their families, bringing the population to 1,500.[2] Nesher was floated as a public company in 1925. By the mid-1930s, it had 700 employees, both Jewish and Arab.[3]
[edit] Demographics
CBS statistics for 2005 show Nesher's ethnic makeup as 99.5% Jewish and other non-Arabs. 30.7% of the population in 2005 were immigrants who came to Israel after 1990.[4]
According to 2001 CBS statistics, Nesher had 10,000 male and 10,500 female residents. The population was distributed as follows: 29.4% 19 years of age or younger, 16.1% between 20 and 29, 24.0% between 30 and 44, 16.0% from 45 to 59, 3.6% from 60 to 64, and 10.8% 65 years of age or older. The population growth rate in 2001 was 0.6%.
[edit] Income
According to CBS statistics for 2000, city residents included 8,026 salaried workers and 474 self-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried worker in the city was 5,974 NIS, a real change of 7.5% over the course of 2000. Salaried males had a mean monthly wage of 7,664 NIS (a real change of 6.5%) versus 4,177 NIS for females (a real change of 5.1%). The mean income for the self-employed is 5,727 NIS. There were 435 individuals receiving unemployment benefits and 1,264 individuals receiving a basic income-guarantee supplement.
[edit] Education
According to the CBS, the city has 9 schools with 3,207 students enrolled. These include 6 elementary schools (1,695 students), and 3 high schools (1,512 students). 80.7% of 12th grade students qualified for a matriculation certificate (high school diploma) in 2001.
[edit] References
- ^ Nesher – At the heart of the region
- ^ Nesher – At the heart of the region
- ^ Haifa: Transformation of an Arab Society 1918-1939, May Seikaly
- ^ "Local Authorities in Israel 2005, Publication #1295 - Municipality Profiles - Nesher". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications/local_authorities2005/pdf/213_2500.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-20. (Hebrew)
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