Kiryat Yam
Kiryat Yam
קִרְיַת יָם | |
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Qiryat Yamm |
| Coordinates: 32°50′0″N 35°04′0″E / 32.83333°N 35.06667°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Haifa |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | David Even-Tzur |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,339 dunams (4.339 km2 or 1.675 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 41,095 |
| • Density | 9,500/km2 (25,000/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Jews and others | 99.8% |
| • Arabs | 0.2% |
| Name meaning | Sea Town |
| Website | www |
Kiryat Yam (Hebrew: קִרְיַת יָם, lit. Sea Town) is a city in the Haifa Bay district of Israel, 12 km (7 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. In 2022 it had a population of 41,095.