Kiryat Yam

Kiryat Yam
Kiryat Yam; קִרְיַת יָם‎; كريات يام‎;
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Qiryat Yamm
	Kiryat Yam emblem
	Kiryat Yam
	Coordinates: 32°50′0″N 35°04′0″E / 32.83333°N 35.06667°ECoordinates: 32°50′0″N 35°04′0″E / 32.83333°N 35.06667°E
Destrict	Haifa
Foondit	1945
Govrenment
• Teep	Ceety
• Mayor	Shmuel Sisso
Area
• Total	4.339 km2 (1.675 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	39,273
• Density	9,100/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
Name meanin	Sea Toun

Kiryat Yam (Hebrew: קִרְיַת יָם‬, lit. Sea Toun) is a toun in the Haifa Bay destrict o Israel, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north o Haifa. Ane o a group o Haifa suburbs kent as the Krayot, it is locatit on the Mediterranean coast, atween Kiryat Haim an the Tzur Shalom industrial aurie, east o Kiryat Motzkin. In 2015 it haed a population o 39,273.^[1]

History

A lairge tract o land on the Haifa Bay wis purchased frae the Sursock family o Beirut bi the American Zion Commonwealth in 1925.^[2] In 1928, the Bayside Land Corporation, a jynt ventur o the Palestine Economic Corporation an the Jewish National Fund, acquired 2,400 dunams o residential land in a deal relatit tae the biggin o the IPC ile pipeline.^[3] Development o a residential aurie began in 1939,^[4] an the first houses war completit in 1940.^[3]

Demographics

Kiryat Yam haes a population o 45,000 residents.^[5] The northren aurie o the toun is hame tae mony immigrants frae the umwhile Soviet Union, North Africae an Ethiopie in which the municipality an its mayor Shmuel Sisso wirked tea big dozens o centers an hames tae help the immigrants settle. The ceety is ranked medium on the socio-economic scale.^[6]

Schuils

Kiryat Yam haes 15 preschuils, aicht elementary schuils an 3 heich schuils (Rabin,Rodman & Levinson ) wi a student population o 10,000.

Israeli-Arab conflict

Durin the 2006 Lebanon War, Kiryat Yam wis hit bi Hezbollah rockets an suffered casualties an property damage.^[7]

In Februar 2008, a Google Earth uiser addit an erroneous note that Kiryat Yam haed been biggit on the ruins o Arab Ghawarina, an abandoned Arab veelage. The toun filed a complaint wi the polis against Google for libel.^[8]^[9]

Urban development

Urban development plans aimed at upgradin the auld Gimmel neighborhuid wur blocked bi Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, whose main wappens development plant borders Kiryat Yam.^[10] In 2009, the Haifa Destrict plannin committee appruivit heich-rise construction for the neighborhuid, owerrulin Rafael's objections.^[11]

Neighbourhuids

Kiryat Yam (Dalet) - includin Almogim
Kiryat Yam (Gimmel) - biggit in the 1950s
Kiryat Yam (Bet)
Kiryat Yam (Alef)
Savyoney Yam
Psagot Yam & Bne Beitkha

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Kiryat Yam is twinned wi:

References

↑ ^a ^b "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
↑ Joseph B. Glass, From New Zion to Old Zion: American Jewish Immigration and Settlement in Palestine, 1917-1939(America-Holy Land Monographs, 2002), p192.
↑ ^a ^b Glass, p236
↑ Palestine Post, May 12, 1939
↑ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/956431.html Archived 2009-08-16 at the Wayback Machine)
↑ Local councils and municipalities, by socio-economic index, ranking and cluster membership
↑ Einav, Hagai (5 August 2006). "Western Galilee: 3 women killed in rocket attack". Ynetnews. Retrieved 4 Mairch 2009.
↑ Israeli town sues Google over claim it was built on Arab village Haaretz, 11 February 2008
↑ Glickman, Eitan (11 Februar 2008). "Kiryat Yam is Searching Google". Yedioth Ahronoth. Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
↑ "In Kiryat Yam, urban renewal program faces off with Rafael armaments". Archived frae the original on 1 Januar 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
↑ Kiryat Yam renewal gets go-ahead
↑ "Makó külkapcsolatai – előtérben a kultúra és a gazdaságélénkítés |Makó". Mako.hu. 11 Julie 2005. Retrieved 5 Mey 2009. ^{[deid airtin]}

[Israelpopulations-1] "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

[2] Joseph B. Glass, From New Zion to Old Zion: American Jewish Immigration and Settlement in Palestine, 1917-1939(America-Holy Land Monographs, 2002), p192.

[glass236-3] Glass, p236

[4] Palestine Post, May 12, 1939

[5] ttp://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/956431.html Archived 2009-08-16 at the Wayback Machine)

[6] Local councils and municipalities, by socio-economic index, ranking and cluster membership

[einav-7] Einav, Hagai (5 August 2006). "Western Galilee: 3 women killed in rocket attack". Ynetnews. Retrieved 4 Mairch 2009.

[8] Israeli town sues Google over claim it was built on Arab village Haaretz, 11 February 2008

[9] Glickman, Eitan (11 Februar 2008). "Kiryat Yam is Searching Google". Yedioth Ahronoth. Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[10] "In Kiryat Yam, urban renewal program faces off with Rafael armaments". Archived frae the original on 1 Januar 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2011.

[11] Kiryat Yam renewal gets go-ahead

[Makó-12] "Makó külkapcsolatai – előtérben a kultúra és a gazdaságélénkítés |Makó". Mako.hu. 11 Julie 2005. Retrieved 5 Mey 2009. ^{[deid airtin]}

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v t e Haifa Destrict
Ceeties	Baqa-Jatt Hadera Haifa Kiryat Ata Kiryat Bialik Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Yam Nesher Or Akiva Tirat Carmel Umm al-Fahm
Local cooncils	Ar'ara Basma Binyamina-Giv'at Ada Daliyat al-Karmel Fureidis Isfiya Jisr az-Zarqa Kafr Qara Katzir-Harish Kiryat Tiv'on Ma'ale Iron Pardes Hanna-Karkur Rekhasim Zikhron Ya'akov
Regional cooncils	Alona Hof HaCarmel Menashe Zevulun
See also	Haifa metropolitan area Krayot
Ither sub-divisions: Central Destrict Jerusalem Destrict Judea an Samaria Aurie North Destrict Sooth Destrict Tel Aviv Destrict