Jisr az-Zarqa

Jisr az-Zarqa is an Israeli Arab metropolis on Israel's northern Mediterranean coastal plain. Located simply north of Caesarea in the Haifa District, it performed neighborhood council popularity in 1963. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics the city had a population of 13,689 in 2014, dwelling on 1,500 dunams of coastal land. 80% of citizens reportedly stay below the poverty line. The name Jisr az-Zarqa is a reference to Taninim Stream, which is known in Arabic as the "Blue Valley".

The mayor is Az-Adin Amash. Jisr az-Zarqa is the handiest Arab-majority city in Israel located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Excavations have found out partitions with pottery remains relationship from the 1st CE, with amphoras dating from the 4th to seventh CE,and stays of a shape wearing a ceramic pipe, most probable dating to the Byzantine generation. It has been cautioned that the aqueduct in Jisr az-Zarqa is a part of the aqueduct ending in Caesarea Maritima, but became in no way finished.