Kiryat Yam

Kiryat Yam (, lit. Sea Toun) is a toun in the Haifa Bay destrict o Israel, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north o Haifa. Ane o a group o Haifa suburbs kent as the Krayot, it is locatit on the Mediterranean coast, atween Kiryat Haim an the Tzur Shalom industrial aurie, east o Kiryat Motzkin. In  it haed a population o .

 History 
A lairge tract o land on the Haifa Bay wis purchased frae the Sursock family o Beirut bi the American Zion Commonwealth in 1925.Joseph B. Glass, From New Zion to Old Zion: American Jewish Immigration and Settlement in Palestine, 1917-1939(America-Holy Land Monographs, 2002), p192. In 1928, the Bayside Land Corporation, a jynt ventur o the Palestine Economic Corporation an the Jewish National Fund, acquired 2,400 dunams o residential land in a deal relatit tae the biggin o the IPC ile pipeline.Glass, p236 Development o a residential aurie began in 1939,Palestine Post, May 12, 1939 an the first houses war completit in 1940.

 Demographics 
Kiryat Yam haes a population o 45,000 residents.http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/956431.html ) The northren aurie o the toun is hame tae mony immigrants frae the umwhile Soviet Union, North Africae an Ethiopie in which the municipality an its mayor Shmuel Sisso wirked tea big dozens o centers an hames tae help the immigrants settle. The ceety is ranked medium on the socio-economic scale.Local councils and municipalities, by socio-economic index, ranking and cluster membership

 Schuils 
Kiryat Yam haes 15 preschuils, aicht elementary schuils an 3 heich schuils (Rabin,Rodman & Levinson ) wi a student population o 10,000.

 Israeli-Arab conflict 
Durin the 2006 Lebanon War, Kiryat Yam wis hit bi Hezbollah rockets an suffered casualties an property damage.

In Februar 2008, a Google Earth uiser addit an erroneous note that Kiryat Yam haed been biggit on the ruins o Arab Ghawarina, an abandoned Arab veelage. The toun filed a complaint wi the polis against Google for libel.Israeli town sues Google over claim it was built on Arab village Haaretz, 11 February 2008

 Urban development 
Urban development plans aimed at upgradin the auld Gimmel neighborhuid wur blocked bi Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, whose main wappens development plant borders Kiryat Yam. In 2009, the Haifa Destrict plannin committee appruivit heich-rise construction for the neighborhuid, owerrulin Rafael's objections.Kiryat Yam renewal gets go-ahead

 Neighbourhuids 
 Kiryat Yam  (Dalet) - includin Almogim
 Kiryat Yam  (Gimmel) - biggit in the 1950s
 Kiryat Yam  (Bet)
 Kiryat Yam  (Alef)
 Savyoney Yam
 Psagot Yam & Bne Beitkha

 Internaitional relations 
 Twin touns — Sister ceeties 

Kiryat Yam is twinned wi:
  Créteil, Fraunce
  Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Germany
  Kislovodsk, Roushie
  Makó, Hungary 

 References 

Category:Ceeties in Israel
Category:Krayot
Category:Populatit places established in 1945