Daliyat al-Karmel

Daliyat al-Karmel (Hebrew: דלית אל כרמל‎‎ Arabic: دَالِيَةِ ٱلْكَرْمِل‎) is a Druze local cooncil in the Haifa Destrict o Israel, locatit aroond 20 km sootheast o Haifa.

Daliyat al-Karmel דאלית אל-כרמל‎ دَالِيَةِ ٱلْكَرْمِل‎
Daliyat al-Karmel
Coordinates: 32°41′35″N 35°02′58″E
Destrict	Haifa
Govrenment
• Teep	Local cooncil
• Head of Municipality	Carmel Nasreddin
Area
• Total	15.561 km2 (6.008 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	15,500
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)

History

The toun wis gien local cooncil status in 1951. Housomeivver, in 2003 it wis mergit wi nearbi Isfiya tae create Carmel Ceety.^[1] In 2008, the commonties became separate ance again.

Tourism

The toun is famous for its colorful mercat, which is alive wi visitors aw week lang an especially on Seturdays.

Historical steids

The shrine o Abu Ibrahim, whom the Druze consider thair prophet, is in the auldest pairt o the toun.

Close bi, is the hame o Sir Laurence Oliphant, who livit thare 120 years ago wi his wife Alice, an his secretar Naftali Herz Imber, the author o the naitional anthem o Israel, Hatikva

Notable residents

• Majdi Halabi, Israeli missin sodger
• Ayoob Kara, current Likud MK
• Amal Nasser el-Din, umwhile Likud MK