Carmel City

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Carmel City
Hebrew עיר הכרמל
Founded in 2003
Government City
Standard Hebrew Ir HaKarmel
District Haifa
Population 23,600 (CBS end of 2004)
Jurisdiction dunams
Mayor Akram Hasson

Carmel City (Hebrew: עיר הכרמל Ir HaKarmel) is a city in the Haifa District of Israel, located around Mount Carmel. Upon its founding, it was known as Daliyat al-Karmel-Isfiya. Carmel City's first and as of 2006 only mayor is Dr. Akram Hasson.

It was founded in 2003 as a result of the merger of the Druze towns Daliyat al-Karmel and Isfiya.

According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Carmel City's population at the end of 2004 was 23,600.

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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
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