Yehud
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| Yehud | |
| Hebrew | יהוד |
| Government | Local council |
| District | Center |
| Population | 22,600 (2003) |
| Jurisdiction | 4 100 dunams (4.1 km²) |
Yehud (Hebrew: יהוד) is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. The population of Yehud according to the 2003 electoral roll was approximately 22,600 (not including Neve Monosson - see below).
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[edit] Demographics
According to CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city was all Jewish. See Population groups in Israel.
According to CBS, in 2001 there were 10,500 males and 11,100 females. The population of the city was spread out with 33.4% 19 years of age or younger, 16.1% between 20 and 29, 19.9% between 30 and 44, 18.8% from 45 to 59, 2.9% from 60 to 64, and 8.8% 65 years of age or older. The population growth rate in 2001 was 2.6%.
[edit] Income
According to CBS, as of 2000, in the city there were 8,479 salaried workers and 831 are self-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried worker in the city is ILS 6,679, a real change of 8.4% over the course of 2000. Salaried males have a mean monthly wage of ILS 8,549 (a real change of 7.8%) versus ILS 4,889 for females (a real change of 8.5%). The mean income for the self-employed is 8,327. There are 396 people who receive unemployment benefits and 479 people who receive an income guarantee.
[edit] Education
According to CBS, there are 10 schools and 5,159 students in the city. They are spread out as 6 elementary schools and 2,252 elementary school students, and 5 high schools and 2,907 high school students. 54.2% of 12th grade students were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001.
[edit] History
Yehud is mentioned in the Bible in a list of towns in the area ("and Yehud and Bnei Brak and Gat Rimon" - Book of Joshua 19, 45). The Aramaic term Yehud refers to a province under the Persian empire, in the area of what was roughly the Kingdom of Judah. The actual size of Yehud during this time remains debated by scholarship (e.g., did it occupy the entirety of the previous kingdom, or was it much smaller?). Yehud's constituency also remains debated (e.g., was it comprised only of those Judeans who returned from Babylon [גלות], or did these intermix with people already in the land [עם הארץ]?)
[edit] Yehud-Monosson Municipality
In 2003 the Yehud-Monosson Municipality was formed to provide municipal services to Yehud and the neighboring community of Neve Monosson (pop. 2,600). Under the terms of the merger, Neve Monosson remains with a high level of autonomy under the Neve Monosson Local Administration ("minhelet"). The Neve Monosson Local Administration was granted municipal status as an autonomous borough (vaad rova ironi) by the Interior Minister in 2005 within the implementation of the merger plan.
| Israeli municipality merger of 2003 | |
|---|---|
| New municipalities: Baqa-Jat | Binyamina-Giv'at Ada | Carmel City | Kokhav Ya'ir | Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut | Shagor | Tzoran-Kadima | Yehud-Monosson | |
| Old municipalities: Baqa al-Gharbiyye | Bi'ina | Binyamina | Daliyat al-Karmel | Deir al-Asad | Giv'at Ada | Isfiya | Jat | Kadima | Maccabim-Re'ut | Majd al-Krum | Modi'in | Neve Monosson | Tzoran | Tzur Yigal | Yehud | |
