Kirjat Malʾachi

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Kirjat Mal'achi
Coat of arms of Kirjat Mal'achi
Street scene in Kiryat Mal'achi
Street scene in Kiryat Mal'achi
Basic data
hebrew : קריית מלאכי
State : IsraelIsrael Israel
District : south
Founded : 1951
Coordinates : 31 ° 44 '  N , 34 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 31 ° 43 '43 "  N , 34 ° 44' 40"  E
Height : 60  m
Area : 4.632  km²
 
Residents : 23,124 (as of 2018)
Population density : 4,992 inhabitants per km²
 
Community code : 1034
Time zone : UTC + 2
Postal code : 83001 - 83127
 
Community type: city
Website :
Kirjat Mal'achi (Israel)
Kirjat Mal'achi
Kirjat Mal'achi

Kirjat Malʾachi ( Hebrew קריית מלאכי) is a city in Israel , about 40 kilometers south of Tel Aviv in the hill country of the Shefela .

history

Kirjat Mal'achi (City of the Prophet Malachi ) was founded as a development city ​​in the early 1950s .

Moshe Katzav became mayor in 1969 and, at the age of 24, was the youngest mayor in Israel at the time.

By December 31, 2005, Kirjat Mal'achi had a population of 19,400, this number rose to 23,124 in 2018.

On November 15, 2012 during the Palestinian operation, stones made of baked clay ( Arabic حجارة سجيل, DMG ḥiǧārat siǧīl ) killed three people in a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip .

Town twinning

China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Golmud ( People's Republic of China ), since June 25, 1997
RomaniaRomania Piatra Neamț ( Moldova Region , Romania )

Web links

Commons : Kirjat Mal'achi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  2. אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  3. Gil Ronen: Did Iron Dome Malfunction Let In Lethal Rocket? IsraelNationalNews , November 19, 2012, accessed November 21, 2012 .