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Jisr az-Zarqa ((アラビア語:جِسْر الزَّرْقَاء), lit. ''bridge over the blue''; often shortened as Jisr) is an Israeli Arab town on Israel's northern Mediterranean coastal plain. Located just north of Caesarea within the Haifa District, it achieved local council status in 1963. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) the town had a population of 11,100 residents at the end of 2005. The name Jisr az-Zarqa is a reference to Taninim Stream, which is known in Arabic as the "Blue Stream." The mayor is Az-Adin Amash. ==History== Jisr az-Zarqa is the only remaining Arab town in Israel located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Before the establishment of the state, it was inhabited by Bedouin of the Ghawarina tribe.〔(State Lands and Rural Development in Mandatory Palestine, 1920-1948, Warwick P. N. Tyler )〕 The intervention of Jews from the neighboring towns of Zikhron Ya'akov and Binyamina, who relied on the population of Jisr az-Zarqa for agricultural labor, prevented the dispersal of its population in 1948.〔(Sacred Landscape: CHAPTER FIVE )〕 In November 2002, the Caesarea Development Corporation constructed a large earthen embankment running the length of the 160 meter-wide corridor between Jisr az-Zarqa and neighboring Caesarea. The embankment was built to block noise from the muezzin in local mosques, celebratory gunfire,〔(Caesarea )〕 and to reduce property crime in surrounding communities.〔(Long ) 〕 Residents of Jisr az-Zarqa claim that the national park in the north, the embankment to the south, the highway to the east and the sea to the west, are keeping the town from expanding.〔 The main coastal highway was built without providing an access to the village. However, an new interchange to Jisr az-Zarqa is being planned. The municipality of Jisr az-Zarka is seeking to promote environmental tourism to the town and its beachfront.〔(Forgotten Arab Israeli Town Gets Chance to Change Eco-Image )〕 The Israel National Trail, a cross-country trail that runs from Dan in the north to Eilat in the south, passes through Jisr az-Zarka.〔(Israel's new beach town )〕 In 2013 it was reported that there were efforts to turn the town into a tourist destination〔()〕〔()〕 In 2011, a women's leadership program was established in the wake of a similar project in the nearby town of Fureidis, to encourage women's participation in political and public leadership positions.〔(In an impoverished Israeli Arab town, women are learning the ABCs of leadership, Haaretz )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jisr az-Zarqa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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