Kiryat Yam
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]
Kiryat Yam
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| Ebreu transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Qiryat Yamm |
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 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)[1] | |
| • Total | 39,273 |
| • Density | 9,100/km2 (23,000/sq mi) |
| Name meanin | Sea Toun |
History eedit
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 eedit
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 eedit
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 eedit
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 eedit
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 eedit
- 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 eedit
Twin touns — Sister ceeties eedit
Kiryat Yam is twinned wi:
References eedit
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- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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]