| Modi'in |
Municipality logo of Modi'in | | Hebrew | מודיעין | | Government | City | | District | Center | | Population | 34 700 (CBS end of 2002) | | Jurisdiction | 46 000 dunams (46 km²) | Modi'in (Hebrew: מודיעין) is a city in the Center District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) in 2002 the city had a total population of 34,700.[1] In December 2003, Modi'in was united with the nearby municipality of Maccabim-Re'ut (now called Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut). Image File history File links Obtained from page http://www. ...
Hebrew (עִבְרִית, ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Jewish communities around the world. ...
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Map of the districts of Israel There are six main districts of Israel, known in Hebrew as mehozot (מחוזות; singular: mehoz) and fifteen sub-districts known as nafot (× ×¤×•×ª; singular: nafa). ...
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Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (הלשכה המרכזית לסטטיסטיקה) is a state organization for the creation and maintenance of numeric data related to populations vis-à -vis the ethnic makeup of Israel and its cities. ...
A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum is a unit of area. ...
Hebrew (עִבְרִית, ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Jewish communities around the world. ...
Israels central district highlighted. ...
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (הלשכה המרכזית לסטטיסטיקה) is a state organization for the creation and maintenance of numeric data related to populations vis-à -vis the ethnic makeup of Israel and its cities. ...
Maccabim-Reut (or Makkabbim-Reut; Hebrew: מַכַּבִּי×-רֵעוּת) is the unified name of the two community settlements Maccabim and Reut in the Center District of Israel. ...
Modiin-Maccabim-Reut is a city in the Center District of Israel. ...
Demographics According to CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city is all Jewish. According to CBS, in 2001 there were 15,300 males and 15,700 females. The population of the city was spread out with 43.8% 19 years of age or younger, 12.5% between 20 and 29, 31.9% between 30 and 44, 8.0% from 45 to 59, 1.4% from 60 to 64, and 2.3% 65 years of age or older. The population growth rate in 2001 was 13.5%. By 2006, the population has grown to over 60,000 people. This article describes some ethnic, historic, and cultural aspects of the Jewish identity; for a consideration of the Jewish religion, refer to the article Judaism. ...
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Past and Present Ancient Modi'in was the place of origin of the Jewish Hasmonean dynasty which ruled Judea in the first and second centuries BC, and it is where the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Greeks started. The Hasmonean Kingdom (pronunciation) in ancient Judea and its ruling dynasty from 140 BCE to 37 BCE was established under the leadership of Simon Maccabaeus, two decades after Judah the Maccabee defeated the Seleucid army in 165 BCE. // Recorded history The origin of the Hasmonean dynasty is recorded in the...
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(3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) // Events 175 BCE - Antiochus IV Epiphanes, took possession of the Syrian throne, at the murder of his brother Seleucus IV Philopator, which rightly belonged to his nephew Demetrius I Soter. ...
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The Maccabees were a Jewish family who fought against the rule of Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Hellenistic Seleucid dynasty, who was succeeded by his infant son Antiochus V Eupator. ...
The Seleucid Empire was one of several political states founded after the death of Alexander the Great, whose generals squabbled over the division of Alexanders empire. ...
The cornerstone for present-day Modi'in was laid in 1993. It is a modern planned city and the highest standards of urban planning, environmental concerns, and planning for future growth were taken into consideration during its design. Large greenspaces were incorporated into the city's layout and comprise 50% of the area within the city's limits. The long term projection is for the city to be home to about a quarter million residents, thus becoming one of the largest localities in Israel. A New town or planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ...
For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ...
A brand new Israel Railways rail line (including a large underground station in Modi'in) is currently under construction which will connect Modi'in directly to Ben Gurion Airport and Tel Aviv by 2008 and later also to Rishon LeTzion and Rehovot, and to Jerusalem (via transfer) as well. Israel Railways (Hebrew: רכבת ישר×ל Rakevet Yisrael) is Israels government-owned national railway company and is responsible for all inter-city and suburban railway passenger and freight traffic in the country. ...
Front view of Terminal 1 at Ben Gurion International Airport Ben Gurion International Airport or Ben Gurion Airport, (named for David Ben_Gurion), located near Lod and once known as Lod Airport, is 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv, and is the largest international airport in Israel. ...
Rishon Le Zion in 2002 Rishon LeZion, or Rishon LeZiyyon (ראשון לציון) is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip, in the Center District of Israel, just south of Tel Aviv, and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area (Gush Dan). ...
Rehovot (Hebrew רְחוֹבוֹת ) is a city in the Center District of Israel, about 20 km south of Tel Aviv. ...
Jerusalem (Hebrew: Yerushalayim; Arabic: al-Quds; Greek ΙεÏοσόλυμα; Latin Aelia Capitolina) is an ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea at an elevation of 650-840 meters. ...
Geography Modi'in is located about 35 km southeast of Tel Aviv and about 30km west of Jerusalem. Its physical geography reflects this: Climate, landforms, flora and fauna all reflect this position midway between the two cities. Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ...
Jerusalem (Hebrew: Yerushalayim; Arabic: al-Quds; Greek ΙεÏοσόλυμα; Latin Aelia Capitolina) is an ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea at an elevation of 650-840 meters. ...
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Flora may refer to: Flora (goddess), a goddess in Roman mythology Flora (plants), a collective term for plant life; as distinct from fauna (animals); or, a book or other work that describes the plant species occurring in a particular area or region. ...
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The city is decentralised. It is divided in a star-shape into smaller neighbourhoods named after the original town planners. Each of these neighbourhoods has a main boulevard and shopping centre.
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Income According to CBS, as of 2000, in the city there were 11,662 salaried workers and 813 are self-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried worker in the city is ILS 8,432, a real change of 13.0% over the course of 2000. Salaried males have a mean monthly wage of ILS 11,480 (a real change of 10.8%) versus ILS 5,534 for females (a real change of 10.9%). The mean income for the self-employed is 7,634. There are 536 people who receive unemployment benefits and 274 people who receive an income guarantee. 1 sheqel coin (1994–5). ...
Education According to CBS, there are 12 schools and 5,325 students in the city. They are spread out as 8 elementary schools with 3,374 students, and 2 high schools with 1,951 students. 63.5% of 12th grade students were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001.
References - ^ 2002 CBS population statistics - accessed on June 21, 2006
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