Kiryat Tiv'on
Kiryat Tiv'on
קִרְיַת טִבְעוֹן كريات طيفون | |
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Local council (from 1958) | |
| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Qiryat Ṭibˁon |
| • Also spelled | Qiryat Tiv'on (official) |
View of Kiryat Tivon | |
| Coordinates: 32°43′26″N 35°7′38″E / 32.72389°N 35.12722°E | |
| District | Haifa |
| Government | |
| • Head of Municipality | Ido Greenblum |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,419 dunams (8.419 km2 or 3.251 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 19,180 |
| • Density | 2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Jews and others | 99.3% |
| • Arabs | 0.7% |
Kiryat Tiv'on (Hebrew: קִרְיַת טִבְעוֹן, also Qiryat Tiv'on) is a town in the Haifa District of Israel, in the hills between the Zvulun (Zebulon) and Jezreel valleys. Kiryat Tiv'on is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of Haifa, on the main road to Nazareth. Kiryat Tiv'on is the result of the municipal merger of several older settlements, Tiv'on (est. 1946), Elro'i (est. 1935), Kiryat Haroshet (est. 1935) and Kiryat Amal (est. 1937). On the outskirts of Tiv'on is a Bedouin township called Basmat Tab'un. In 2022 Kiryat Tiv'on had a population of 19,130.
In the area of Kiryat Tivon, one can find the National Park and the World Heritage Site Beit She'arim, the Sanhedrin's Seat and the burial place of Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi, as well as the sculpture of Alexander Zaid, who resided in the area with his family and was murdered nearby.