Kirjat Motzkin
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| hebrew : | קריית מוצקין | ||
| arabic : | كريات موتسكين | ||
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| District : | Haifa | ||
| Founded : | 1934 | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 48 ' N , 35 ° 7' E | ||
| Area : | 3.778 km² | ||
| Residents : | 42,014 (as of 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 11,121 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Community code : | 8200 | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
| Community type: | City administration | ||
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Kirjat Motzkin ( Hebrew קריית מוצקין, Arabic كريات موتسكين) is a city in Israel named after Leo Motzkin . It is located between Haifa and Akko and, together with a few other cities, forms the HaKrajot metropolitan area .
history
Kirjat Motzkin was founded in 1934. The place received a train station on the main line to Israel in 1937 . It received city administration status in 1976.
On August 12, 2001, 15 people were injured in a suicide attempt with a bomb on the restaurant "Wall Street".
The city had 42,014 inhabitants in 2018.
Twin cities
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Tacoma , ( USA , Washington ) -
Bad Segeberg ( Germany , Schleswig-Holstein ) -
District of Bad Kreuznach , ( Germany , Rhineland-Palatinate )
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District of Haßberge , (Germany, Bavaria )
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Nyíregyháza , ( Hungary )
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Gonen Segev (* 1956), Israeli politician, Knesset member, Israeli energy minister (1995-1996)
- Eldad Regev (1980–2006), Israeli soldier whose kidnapping in 2006 helped trigger the Second Lebanon War .
Honorary citizen
- Hans Schumm (1927–2007), German local politician
Web links
Commons : Kirjat Motzkin - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- motzkin.co.il Website of the city of Kiryat Motzkin
Individual evidence
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
- ^ Another suicide attack in Haifa In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger .de, August 13, 2001, accessed on August 2, 2018.
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .