Baqa-Jat

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Baqa-Jat is a city in the Haifa District of Israel. It is the result of the union of the city Baqa al-Gharbiyye and the local council Jat in 2003.

According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Baqa-Jat had a population of 30,200 at the end of 2004. Its jurisdiction is 18,100 dunams (18.1 km²).

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Haifa District
Cities Baqa-Jat · Carmel City · Hadera · Haifa · Nesher · Or Aqiva · Qiryat Atta · Qiryat Bialik · Qiryat Motzkin · Qiryat Yam · Tirat Karmel · Umm al-Fahm
Local councils Ar'ara · Binyamina-Giv'at Ada · Jisr az-Zarqa · Kfar Qara · Ma'ale Iron · Pardes Hanna-Karkur · Fureidis · Qiryat Tiv'on · Rekhasim · Zikhron Ya'aqov
Regional councils Alona · Hof Karmel · Menashe · Zevulun


Israeli municipality merger of 2003
New municipalities: Baqa-Jat | Binyamina-Giv'at Ada | Carmel City | Kokhav Ya'ir | Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut | Shagor | Tzoran-Kadima | Yehud-Monosson
Old municipalities: Baqa al-Gharbiyye | Bi'ina | Binyamina | Daliyat al-Karmel | Deir al-Asad | Giv'at Ada | Isfiya | Jat | Kadima | Maccabim-Re'ut | Majd al-Krum | Modi'in | Neve Monosson | Tzoran | Tzur Yigal | Yehud