Krayot
Geographic region in Israel
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The Krayot or Qerayot (Hebrew: הקריות, "townships") (plural of Kirya) are a cluster of four small cities and two neighbourhoods of Haifa founded in the 1930s on the outskirts of the city of Haifa, Israel, in the Haifa Bay area.[1][2][3][4]
The Krayot include Kiryat Yam (pop. 42,284),[5] Kiryat Motzkin (pop. 48,748), Kiryat Bialik (pop. 36,200), Kiryat Ata (pop. 61,709), Kiryat Haim (pop. 29,000), and Kiryat Shmuel (pop. 7,740, as of 2023).
A plan was formulated in 2003, and again in 2016 by Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, to merge the Krayot into one municipality.[6] A proposed name for this city is Zvulun (after the biblical Zebulun, and the Zvulun Valley).[citation needed]
The Krayot
Cities
| Emblem | City | Population | Area
(in acres) |
Density
(people per sq. km) |
First
settlement |
Ranking
(Socio-economic index[7]) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Kiryat Yam | 42,284 | 12,170 | 8,606 | 1941 | 5 |
 |
Kiryat Bialik | 50,086 | 10,000 | 4,639 | 1934 | 6 |
 |
Kiryat Motzkin | 48,748 | 3,778 | 10,612 | 1934 | 6 |
 |
Kiryat Ata | 61,709 | 16,706 | 3,470 | 1925 | 6 |
Neighborhoods
| Neighborhood | City | Population | Area
(in acres) |
Density
(people per sq. km) |
First
settlement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiryat Haim | Haifa | 29,000 | 4,550 | 6,360 | 1933 |
| Kiryat Shmuel | Haifa | 7,740 | 750 | 10,256 | 1935 |