Kiryat Yam is a city in the Haifa Bay district of Israel, about 12 kilometers north of Haifa on the Mediterranean coast, between Kiryat Haim and Kiryat Motzkin as part of the group of suburbs known as the Krayot. Residential development began in 1939 on land from the 1925 Sursock Purchase, with the first homes completed in 1940 and the city formally established in 1945. As of 2024 the city had approximately 41,957 residents in an area of roughly 4.3 square kilometers, with a population that is 99.8 percent Jewish or other non-Arab.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude32.833056 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Kiryat Yam (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 42,110 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 32.833056, longitude 35.066389
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 10 m
P2046 (area)
area 4.339 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 42110 (2025)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Qiryat Yam - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 293822
32.84966 35.06973 P PPL IL 04 39897 9 Asia/Jerusalem
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 9 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.75, 35.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.75, 35.25
32.75 35.25 Csa
Kiryat Yam (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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