Kiryat Yam

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• Name — Kiryat Yam • Native Name — he • Type — City • Translit Lang1 — Hebrew • Translit Lang1 Type1 — ISO 259 • Translit Lang1 Info1 — Qiryat Yamm • Blank Emblem Type — Kiryat Yam emblem • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Israel • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Haifa District • Subdivision Type3 — Subdistrict • Subdivision Name3 — Haifa • Established Title — Founded • Established Date — 1945 • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — David Even-Tzur • Unit Pref — dunam • Population Footnotes — reference • Population Total — Qiryat Yam • Population As Of — Year • Population Density Km2 — auto • Demographics Type1 — Ethnicity • Demographics1 Footnotes — reference • Demographics1 Title1 — Jews and others • Demographics1 Info1 — 99.8% • Demographics1 Title2 — Arabs • Demographics1 Info2 — 0.2% • Custom Label Sec1 — Name meaning • Custom Data Sec1 — Sea Town • Website — http: www.kiryat-yam.muni.il/

• Illustration — Kiryat Yam, 1949 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.

• Illustration — Psagot Yam neighborhood Kiryat Yam has a population of 38,945. 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 centers and homes to help the immigrants settle. The city is ranked medium on the socio-economic scale.

Kiryat Yam has 15 preschools, eight elementary schools and 3 high schools (Rabin, Rodman & Levinson) with a student population of 10,000. In 2015 Rodman High School was merged with Rabin high school. The merging caused overcrowding at Rabin High School, resulting in overload and malfunction of public facilities and adjustment struggles of adolescents. Most of elementary schools and junior highs are included in public transport routes. Rabin high school was detached in circa 2015 from a particular bus line. The line has not been returned in spite of requests sent to the local municipality about the overcrowding and malfunction of public facilities.

During the 2006 Lebanon War, Kiryat Yam was hit by Hezbollah rockets and suffered casualties and property damage.

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.

• Kiryat Yam (Dalet) – including Almogim • Kiryat Yam (Gimmel) – built in the 1950s • Kiryat Yam (Bet) • Kiryat Yam (Alef) • Savyoney Yam • Psagot Yam & Bne Beitkha

In the 2022 election, 56 percent of voters in Kiryat Yam voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu, while 42 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 0.1 percent voted for the Arab parties.

• Illustration — Gil Vermouth • Avner Shats (born 1959), author and poet • Sam Vaknin (born 1961), writer • Erez Eisen (born 1980), musician • Orel Grinfeld (born 1981), football referee • Gil Vermouth (born 1985), footballer

Kiryat Yam is twinned with: • Créteil, île-de-France (France) • Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin (Germany) • Makó (Hungary) • Poti (Georgia) • Sighetu Marmației (Romania)