Kiryat Yam
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• ISO 259 | Qiryat Yamm |
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 |
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]
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]
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]
Kiryat Yam haes 15 preschuils, aicht elementary schuils an 3 heich schuils (Rabin,Rodman & Levinson ) wi a student population o 10,000.
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 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]
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