Middle East DVEP - Armed Forces Pest Management Board

________________________________________________________________________Tel Aviv (elevation 49 m)Mean Daily Temperatures ( o C)MONTH J F M A M J J A S O N DMaximum 17 18 21 25 27 29 29 31 30 28 23 19Minimum 8 8 9 12 14 18 21 21 20 17 12 9Monthly PrecipitationMean (mm) 8 18 13 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 18______________________________________________________________________________________c. Population and Culture. Israel, with a population density of 220 persons per sqkm, is largely literate and highly urbanized. Two-thirds of the population lives along thecoastal plain. Most people live in the three largest cities of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, andHaifa. The Negev region is sparsely populated, primarily with nomads. Among thepopulation are hundreds of thousands of immigrants. Israel’s population (including155,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, 17,000 in the Golan Heights, and 6,000 in theGaza Strip) is 83% Jewish and 17% other (mostly Arab). Population of Israel 5.6 million;90% urbanized; literacy rate 95%. The West Bank has a population of 1.6 million(excluding Israeli settlers) and is 83% Palestinian and other Arab, and 17% Jewish. TheGaza Strip has a population of 1.1 million (excluding Israeli setters) and is 99.4%Palestinian and other Arab, and 0.6% Jewish.d. Water, Living and Sanitary Conditions. In major cities, sanitary conditions aresimilar to those in the West. Conditions elsewhere are typical of developing countries,particularly in the occupied areas where civil unrest seriously hampers infrastructuredevelopment. Throughout Israel, municipal infrastructure has failed to keep pace with therapidly growing population. Except in major urban areas, landfills are overflowing andrefuse disposal is indiscriminate. Refuse remains a problem despite the new Duda’imtrash dump near Beersheba. Wastewater treatment plants are overloaded and poorlymaintained in the West Bank and Gaza. Untreated sewage reportedly drains fromsettlements on higher ground into surrounding agricultural fields. There is significantpotential in these situations for attraction and breeding of disease vectors, such as filthflies, rodents, mosquitoes, and other pests. Take proper preventive measures and educatethose who might be at risk before living, working, or bivouacking in or near thesesituations.F. Jordan.a. Geography. Jordan has a land area of 88,900 sq km, about the size of Indiana, andcan be divided into three physiographic areas: (1) The Jordan Desert, occupying theeastern four-fifths of the country, and varying in elevation from approximately 700 to1,000 m, is composed of volcanic lava and basalt in the north, and sandstone and graniteoutcroppings in the south. (2) To the west is a highland escarpment that varies from 600to 900 m above sea level, except for Jabal Ramm, Jordan’s highest point, at 1,754 m. (3)49