Basma

Coordinates: 32°30′8″N 35°6′14″E / 32.50222°N 35.10389°E / 32.50222; 35.10389
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For the former regional council in Southern Israel, see Abu Basma Regional Council.

Basma
  • בסמ"ה‎
  • بسمة
Local council
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259Basma
Basma, from the air
Basma, from the air
Basma is located in Haifa region of Israel
Basma
Basma
Basma is located in Israel
Basma
Basma
Coordinates: 32°30′8″N 35°6′14″E / 32.50222°N 35.10389°E / 32.50222; 35.10389
Country Israel
District Haifa
Founded1995
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total10,743

Basma (

Ein as-Sahala, and Muawiya; Basma is an acronym of the villages' names. In 2022 it had a population of 10,743.[1] Basma's jurisdiction area covers 3,956 dunams.[2]

History

Main articles:
Ein as-Sahala; and Mu'awiya, Basma

Each of Basma's villages were under the administration of a

High Court of Justice, the state promised to dismantle the council and establish a regular regional council, where each village had an elected local committee. The appeal was cancelled but the locals appealed again, demanding an independent status for each village. The Ministry of Interior declared that the local concerns had been considered, but were not consistent with the ministry's policy of not creating local councils for small villages in fear of spending public money, and the High Court of Justice rejected the appeal.[3] Eventually, in order to allay local concerns, the Interior Ministry established an investigative committee to examine other options, and in 1996, decided to split the regional council into two local councils: Ma'ale Iron, and Basma.[4]

In 2003, Basma was included in a wide plan of the Interior Ministry to merge local and regional councils in the region of

Kfar Qara, while Mu'awiya will be moved to Ma'ale Iron. The plan was rejected by all councils.[5]

Education

Basma has three elementary schools for each village and two middle schools and high schools in

Mu'awiya. There are 23 kindergartens in the council: 10 in Barta'a, 8 in Mu'awiya and 5 in Ein a-Sahala.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "בסמ"ה [Basma]" (in Hebrew). Iron Construction Committee. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016.
  3. ^ Razin, Eran; Hazan, Anna (2000). Municipal Boundary Change Procedures: Local Democracy versus Central Control (PDF). Jerusalem: THE FLOERSHEIMER INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. ^ "لمحة عامة" [Overview]. Ma'ale Iron Regional Council (in Hebrew).
  5. ^ Nadlin, Reut; Abu Tuama, Fawzi (14 April 2003). "מתנגדים לתוכנית לאחד רשויות" [Opposing the Plan to Unite Authorities]. Ynet.
  6. ^ "Education". Basma Local Council website.

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