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Ramla
Also known as Ramlah, Remle, Ramle
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.
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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
Travel guide
Understand
Ramla was the only new city to be founded within the current boundaries of Israel during about 1,200 years of Muslim rule; in all other cases, they were built on top of preexisting cities. Today it has a mixed Arab and Jewish population of 66,000 people.
Get in
thumb|right|200px|White tower of Ramla, built in 1318 thumb|Terra Santa convent in Ramla thumb|The inside of the Great mosque of Ramla
Get around
All sites of interest to tourists are within a 15-minute walk of the central bus station.
Inside Ramla, Kavim operates four local bus lines (4, 5, 7, 8), and three lines to Lod (11, 13, 15).
See
The old city next to the market is an abandoned area of old buildings dating to the Ottoman period and earlier.
Go next
Lod - Next to Ramla, it is quite similar as a place to live, but has fewer attractions for visitors. Rishon LeZion - the major city between Ramla and Tel Aviv Modi'in - the major city between Ramla and Jerusalem Jaffa - The southeastern part of Tel aviv, and close atmosphere to Ramla
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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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.
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