Arabi

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Arabi, Georgia

Arabi is a town in Crisp County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 586.

Geography

Arabi is located in southern Crisp County at 31°50′1″N 83°44′6″W / 31.83361°N 83.73500°W / 31.83361; -83.73500 (31.833473, -83.734912).U.S. Route 41 passes through the center of the town as Bedgood Avenue, leading north 9 miles (14 km) to Cordele, the county seat, and south 10 miles (16 km) to Ashburn. Interstate 75 passes through the eastern side of the town, with access from Exit 92, and leads north 73 miles (117 km) to Macon and south 75 miles (121 km) to Valdosta.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Arabi has a total area of 6.4 square miles (16.6 km²), of which 6.3 square miles (16.3 km²) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km²), or 1.81%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 456 people, 185 households, and 120 families residing in the town. The population density was 100.9 people per square mile (39.0/km²). There were 204 housing units at an average density of 45.1 per square mile (17.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 74.78% White, 24.34% African American and 0.88% Asian.

Arabi sheep

Arabi is a domesticed breed of sheep from southwestern Iran, southern Iraq and northeastern Arabia. Though it does grow wool, it is primarily raised for meat.

Characteristics

The Arabi rams have horns and the ewes are polled (hornless). This breed is the foundation stock for the Wooled Persian of South Africa.

It is highly likely that the Arabi is descended from very ancient importations from Arabia across the narrow Bal-el-Mandeb Straits at the mouth of the Red Sea. This breed has adapted to extreme temperatures and conditions. Within the foothills of Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, summer temperatures rise to 41 °C (110 °F) and winter tempuratures down to −26 °C (−15 °F) with less than 400 mm (16 in) rain. From 1990 to 2000, the population of the Arabi increased from 1.4 million to 1.5 million.

The Arabi is usually white; however, black, brown and black-and-brown can occur. The wool has an average diameter of 26.2 micrometres. The average weight of mature rams is 53.5 kg (120 lb) with an average height at the wither of 81.2 cm (32 in). For mature ewes, their average weight is 38.2 kg (84 lb), 71.6 cm (28 in) at the withers and provides 1.6 kg (3.5 lb) of wool per shearing. Birth weight for rams is about 4.4 kg (9.7 lb) and ewes 4.0 kg (8.8 lb). On average, slightly more than one lamb is produced per litter.