Ramla
Sign in to saveRamla (), also known as Ramle (, ), is a city in the Central District of Israel. Ramle is one of Israel's mixed cities, with significant numbers of both Jews and Arabs.
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Ramla is a city located in central Israel that is notable for having a substantial population of both Jewish and Arab residents living together. The city is significant as one of Israel's few genuinely mixed communities where these two populations coexist in meaningful numbers.
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Place details
- Locality
- רמלה
- Region
- מחוז המרכז
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 76,246
- Timezone
Article
33 sectionsContents
- History
- Umayyad period
- Abbasid period
- Crusader period
- Late medieval period
- British Mandate period
- 1947–48 war
- State of Israel
- Landmarks
- White Tower
- Pool of Arches
- Great Mosque
- Franciscan church and hospice
- Ramla Museum
- British Commonwealth War Cemetery
- Archaeology
- Identification
- Excavation history
- Geology
- Earthquakes
- Rare cave ecosystem
- Demographics
- Economy
- Infrastructure
- Transportation
- Education
- Notable people
- Twin towns—sister cities
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Ramla (), also known as Ramle (, ), is a city in the Central District of Israel. Ramle is one of Israel's mixed cities, with significant numbers of both Jews and Arabs.
The city was founded in the early 8th century CE by the Umayyad caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik as the capital of Jund Filastin, the district he governed in Bilad al-Sham before becoming caliph in 715. The city's strategic and economic value derived from its location at the intersection of the Via Maris, connecting Cairo with Damascus, and the road connecting the Mediterranean port of Jaffa with Jerusalem. It rapidly overshadowed the adjacent city of Lydda, whose inhabitants were relocated to the new city. Not long after its establishment, Ramla developed as the commercial centre of Palestine, serving as a hub for pottery, dyeing, weaving, and olive oil, and as the home of numerous Muslim scholars. Its prosperity was lauded by geographers in the 10th–11th centuries, when the city was ruled by the Fatimids and Seljuks.