Yokneam Illit, also spelled Yoqne'am Illit, is a city in the Northern District of Israel, in the hilly Lower Galilee at the base of the Carmel Mountains overlooking the Jezreel Valley, about 21 kilometers from Haifa. Founded in 1950, it became a local council in 1967 and gained city status in 2007, and is known as Israel's Startup Village for the more than 100 high-tech companies based there, which generate exports of roughly five billion US dollars a year. Its population in 2024 was 24,928.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude32.659444 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Yokneam Illit (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 24,158 (2021)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 32.659444, longitude 35.11
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 166 m
P2046 (area)
area 7.39 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 24158 (2021)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Yoqne‘am ‘Illit - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 293153
32.64661 35.09202 P PPL IL 03 23796 120 Asia/Jerusalem
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 120 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
Yokneam Illit (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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