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Place details
- Locality
- טירה
- Region
- מחוז המרכז
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 26,552
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Iso 259
- Ṭira
- Also spelled
- Tire (official)
- Grid position
- 145/182 PAL
- Country
- Israel
- District
- Central
- Mayor
- Mamoun Abd al-Hay
- Total
- 11,894 dunams (11.894 km ; 4.592 sq mi)
- Density
- 2,327/km (6,027/sq mi)
- Name meaning
- The High Land
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city council
- Official name
- الطـّيرة
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Central District
- Population
- 26200
- Area
- 11.894
- Elevation
- 75
- Image
- Tira's Southern Entrance 20-3-09.JPG
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- Commons category
- Tira
- P12749
- July 8
- different from
- Tirat Carmel
- native label
- الطـّيرة
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Tira's southern entrance
Tira (Arabic: الطـّيرة, al-Tira, Hebrew: טִירָה, Ṭīra, lit. "Fort";) is an Arab city in the Central District of Israel. Part of the Triangle, a concentration of Arab towns and villages adjacent to the Green Line, Tira is close to Kfar Saba. It is known for its weekly market and Arab cuisine.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tira” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.