Tirat Carmel

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Tirat Carmel
Coat of arms of Tirat Carmel
Tirat Carmel
Basic data
hebrew : טירת כרמל
arabic : طيرة الكرمل
State : IsraelIsrael Israel
District : Haifa
Founded : 1948
Coordinates : 32 ° 46 ′  N , 34 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 32 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  N , 34 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 60  m
Area : 5.601  km²
 
Residents : 22,210 (as of 2018)
Population density : 3,965 inhabitants per km²
 
Community code : 2100
Time zone : UTC + 2
 
Community type: city
Website :
Tirat Carmel (Israel)
Tirat Carmel
Tirat Carmel

Tirat Carmel , ( Hebrew טירת כרמל, Arabic طيرة الكرمل, DMG Ṭīrat al-Karmal ) is a city in Israel . It is part of the metropolitan area of ​​the port city of Haifa .

Location and general information

Tirat Carmel is located a few kilometers south of Haifa in the area of ​​the Carmel coast between the Carmel Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea . Tirat Carmel was founded in 1948 on the site of the former Arab village of al-Tira , the inhabitants of which had left the place during the war of independence . 1992 Tirat Carmel was raised to the city. In 2018 Tirat Carmel had 22,210 inhabitants.

Twin cities

Sons and daughters

  • 1974: Sharon Gal , Israeli journalist and politician

Web links

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 .