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Kiryat Ata (Hebrew: קריית אתא, lit. 'City of Ata') also spelled Qiryat Ata, is a city in the Haifa District of Israel. In 2022 it had a population of 61,142, 92% of whom were Jewish citizens. [1]
ATA textile factory, 1947. ATA was founded in 1934 by Erich Moller, the son of Jewish industrialists from Czechoslovakia.Moller purchased 110 acres of land in the small community of Kefar Ata (or "Kufritta", now known as Kiryat Ata), where he began the construction of a textile factory.
The present-day station stands on the spot of a halt on the Jezreel Valley railway, constructed by the Ottoman Empire in 1903–1904. In 1937, as part of converting the old narrow-gauge Ottoman railway to standard gauge, the British Mandate for Palestine constructed the station building at this location. [3]
Kiryat Motzkin (Hebrew: קִרְיַת מוֹצְקִין) is a city in the Haifa District of Israel, 8 kilometres (5 miles) north of the city center of Haifa.According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2022 it had a population of 48,001. [1]
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.
The town of Kiryat Shmona was established in 1949 [2] on the site of the former Palestinian village al-Khalisa, whose inhabitants had fled after Safed was taken by the Haganah during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and an attempt by the village to come to an agreement with the Jewish authorities was rejected. [3]
Kiryat Gat (Hebrew: קריית גת) also spelled Qiryat Gat, is a city in the Southern District of Israel. It lies 56 km (35 miles) south of Tel Aviv , 43 km (27 mi) north of Beersheba , and 68 km (42 mi) west southwest of Jerusalem .
Emblem City Population Area (in acres). Density (people per sq. km) First settlement Ranking (Socio-economic index [7]). Kiryat Yam: 42,284 12,170 8,606 1941 5 Kiryat Bialik