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Kiryat Yam
Hebrew	קריית ים
Arabic	كريات يام
Name Meaning	suburb near the sea
Government	City
District	Haifa
Population	38 400 (2004)
Jurisdiction	7 000 dunams (7 km²)

Kiryat Yam ( 32°50′N, 35°04′E; Hebrew: קריית ים‎) is a small city/suburb in Israel, located 12km north of Haifa in the Haifa District (its name is literally "Sea Suburb"). It is part of a cluster of small cities informally known as HaQerayot.

The population of Kiryat Yam is about 38,000 (end of 2004), of whom a large percentage are new arrivals from the former soviet union ,north Africa and Ethiopia . The average Kiryat Yam income is about 4,500 NIS per month, (almost 2000 NIS below the national average).

There are about 10,000 pupils in Kiryat Yam, and three Junior High schools. There are also eight elementary schools and 15 preschools.

The city has a beach, a park next to it and several parks remoted, though leading to the beach of the Mediterranean Sea.

Its spreads between Kiryat Haim a part of Haifa (a part without municipal authority) from the south, industry area Tsor Shalom to the north, the Mediterranean from the west and a rail road crossing between Kiryat Motzkin to the east.

It is mainly divided into 6 areas ,representing neighbourhoods in the city-

• Old Kiryat Yam D (Dalet)- a mixed Ethiopian and former Soviet block population
• New Kiryat Yam D (Dalet)- "normal" neighbourhood included "Almogim Neighbourhood" "Savyoney Yam" and "Psagot Yam"
• Kiryat Yam C (Gimel)-informally known as "little Beirut"

• Kiryat Yam B (Bet)-pretty boring neighbourhood with nothing special in it.
• Kiryat Yam A (Alef)-"normal" neighbourhood.

the latter are the old neighbourhoods of the city and 2 new one's :

• Savyoney Yam to the north-a 2-3 story high cottage/villa neighbourhood.
• Psagot Yam to the south a mixed 2-3 story high cottage-villa and luxurious 12 story high buildings with balconies and the higher stories as penthouses.

• Satellite Image from Google Maps

Haifa District
Cities	Baqa-Jat | Carmel City | Hadera | Haifa | Kiryat Atta | Kiryat Bialik | Kiryat Motzkin | Kiryat Yam | Nesher | Or Akiva | Tirat Karmel | Umm al-Fahm
Local councils	Ar'ara | Binyamina-Giv'at Ada | Jisr az-Zarqa | Kfar Qara | Ma'ale Iron | Pardes Hanna-Karkur | Fureidis | Kiryat Tiv'on | Rekhasim | Zikhron Ya'aqov
Regional councils	Alona | Hof Karmel | Menashe | Zevulun