๐ฎ๐ฑ Kiryat Yam is a city in the Haifa Bay district of Israel, 12 km north of Haifa. One of a group of Haifa suburbs known as the Krayot, it is located on the Mediterranean coast, between Kiryat Haim and the Tzur Shalom industrial area, east of Kiryat Motzkin.
History The area was acquired by the Jewish community as part of the Sursock Purchase, in which a large tract of land on the Haifa Bay was purchased from the Sursock family of Beirut by the American Zion Commonwealth in 1925. In 1928, the Bayside Land Corporation, a joint venture of the Palestine Economic Corporation and the Jewish National Fund, acquired 2,400 dunams of residential land in a deal related to the building of the IPC oil pipeline. Development of a residential area began in 1939, and the first houses were completed in 1940.
Demographics The northern area of the city is home to many immigrants from the former Soviet Union, North Africa and Ethiopia in which the municipality and its mayor Shmuel Sisso worked to build dozens of centres and homes to help the immigrants settle. The city is ranked medium on the socio-economic scale.
Schools Kiryat Yam has 15 preschools, eight elementary schools and 3 high schools (Rabin, Rodman & Levinson) with a student population of 10,000.
Israeli-Arab conflict During the 2006 Lebanon War, Kiryat Yam was hit by Hezbollah rockets and suffered casualties and property damage.
Urban development Urban development plans aimed at upgrading the old Gimmel neighborhood were blocked by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, whose main weapons development plant borders Kiryat Yam. In 2009, the Haifa district planning committee approved high-rise construction for the neighborhood, overruling Rafael's objections.
Neighbourhoods โข Kiryat Yam (Dalet) - including Almogim โข Kiryat Yam (Gimmel) - built in the 1950s โข Kiryat Yam (Bet) โข Kiryat Yam (Alef) โข Savyoney Yam โข Psagot Yam & Bne Beitkha.
Kiryat Yam has a population of over 39,897 people. Kiryat Yam also forms part of the wider Haifa District which has a population of over 996,300 people. Kiryat Yam is situated 12 km north of Haifa.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Kiryat Yam has links with:
๐ซ๐ท Crรฉteil, France ๐ฉ๐ช Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Germany ๐ท๐บ Kislovodsk, Russia ๐ญ๐บ Makรณ, Hungary ๐ฌ๐ช Poti, Georgia ๐ท๐ด Sighetu Marmaศiei, Romania๐บ๐ธ North Charleston 32.883
๐บ๐ธ Casa Grande 32.883
๐ต๐ฐ Sarai Alamgir 32.9
๐บ๐ธ Alamogordo 32.9
๐บ๐ธ North Richland Hills 32.84
๐บ๐ธ Macon-Bibb 32.833
๐ฎ๐ฑ Kiryat Motzkin 32.83
๐ฎ๐ฑ Kiryat Ata 32.8
๐ฎ๐ฑ Kiryat Motzkin 35.079
๐ฎ๐ฑ Kiryat Ata 35.1
๐บ๐ฆ Zaporizhzhya 35.117
๐ฎ๐ฑ Umm al-Fahm 35.15
๐บ๐ฆ Dnipropetrovsk 35.046
๐ฎ๐ฑ Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut 35.02
๐ฎ๐ฑ Modiโin Makkabbim Reโut 35
๐ฎ๐ฑ Beit Shemesh 34.991
๐ฎ๐ฑ Bet Shemesh 34.984
Locations Near: Kiryat Yam 35.0725,32.8494
๐ฎ๐ฑ Kiryat Motzkin 35.079,32.83 d: 2.2
๐ฎ๐ฑ Kiryat Ata 35.1,32.8 d: 6.1
๐ฎ๐ฑ Acre 35.095,32.925 d: 8.6
๐ฎ๐ฑ Haifa 34.989,32.816 d: 8.6
๐ฎ๐ฑ Nahariyya 35.083,33 d: 16.8
๐ฎ๐ฑ Nahariya 35.108,33.02 d: 19.2
๐ฎ๐ฑ Karmiel 35.311,32.923 d: 23.7
๐ฎ๐ฑ Nazareth 35.298,32.702 d: 26.7
๐ฎ๐ฑ Nof HaGalil 35.334,32.709 d: 29
Antipodal to: Kiryat Yam -144.928,-32.849
๐ต๐ซ Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 18250.3
๐ฆ๐ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16691
๐น๐ด Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16759
๐ผ๐ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16573.3
๐บ๐ธ Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 14070.1
๐บ๐ธ Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13934
๐บ๐ธ Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13914.9
๐บ๐ธ Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13914.3