Kiryat Yam

Infobox Israel municipality
name=Kiryat Yam

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hebname=Hebrew|קִרְיַת יָם
arname=كريات يام
meaning=Sea Place
founded=1945
type=city
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district=haifa
population=36,800http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2009/table3.pdf]
popyear=2007
area_dunam=4339

mayor=Shmuel Sisso

Kiryat Yam ( _he. קִרְיַת יָם, lit. "Sea Town") is a town in the Haifa Bay district of Israel, convert|12|km|mi 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

Kiryat Yam was founded in 1945 during the Mandate era by a group of Holocaust survivors and Jewish guards in the British police force. Kiryat Yam was built on sand dunes, on land purchased in 1939 by Gav Yam, a Jewish building society. [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/02/11/international/i135926S23.DTL Israeli town sues Google over claim it was built on Arab village ] ]

In February 2008, a Google Earth user added a note that Kiryat Yam had been built on the ruins of Ghawarina, an abandoned Arab village. The town is suing Google for libel. [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/953243.html Israeli town sues Google over claim it was built on Arab village] Haaretz, 11 February 2008] [cite news|title=Kiryat Yam is Searching Google|author=Glickman, Eitan|coauthors=Shlomi, Ro'i|publisher=Yedioth Ahronoth|date=2008-02-11]

Demographics

Kiryat Yam has a population of 45,000 residently, mostly blue-collar workers. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/956431.html)] The town is home to many immigrants from the former Soviet Union, North Africa and Ethiopia. The average income is 5,027 NIS per month, (almost 2,000 NIS below the national average).Fact|date=February 2008

chools

Kiryat Yam has 15 preschools, eight elementary schools and 3 high schools with a student population of 10,000.

Neighbourhoods

Kiryat Yam is divided into six neighbourhoods:
*Old Kiryat Yam (Dalet)
*New Kiryat Yam (Dalet) - Almogim, Savyoney Yam, Psagot Yam
*Kiryat Yam (Gimmel)
*Kiryat Yam (Bet)
*Kiryat Yam (Alef)
*Savyoney Yam
*Psagot Yam

References