Kiryat Motzkin

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Kiryat Motzkin

Hebrew

קִרְיַת מוֹצְקִין

Arabic

كريات موصقين

Founded in

1934

Government

City

District

Haifa

Population

39 500 (2004)

Jurisdiction

3 100 dunams (3.1 km²)

Kiryat Motzkin within the municipalities of the Haifa area (shown in dark purple)

Kiryat Motzkin (Hebrew: קִרְיַת מוֹצְקִין‎ , Qiryat Moẓqin; also transliterated as Qiryat Motzkin) is a city in the Haifa District in Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2004 the city had a total population of 39,500.

1 Demographics
2 Income
3 Education
4 Rail
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Demographics

According to CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city was all Jewish and other non-Arabs, without significant Arab population. In 2001 there were 288 immigrant settlers. See Population groups in Israel.

According to CBS, in 2001 there were 18,500 males and 20,200 females. The population of the city was spread out with 27.8% 19 years of age or younger, 15.5% between 20 and 29, 18.0% between 30 and 44, 19.6% from 45 to 59, 4.2% from 60 to 64, and 14.8% 65 years of age or older. The population growth rate in 2001 was 1.8%.

[edit] Income

According to CBS, as of 2000, in the city there were 15,326 salaried workers and 878 are self-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried worker in the city is ILS 6,175, a real change of 5.7% over the course of 2000. Salaried males have a mean monthly wage of ILS 8,061 (a real change of 6.1%) versus ILS 4,238 for females (a real change of 2.2%). The mean income for the self-employed is 7,077. There are 808 people who receive unemployment benefits and 2,377 people who receive an income guarantee.

[edit] Education

According to CBS, there are 13 schools and 6,682 students in the city. They are spread out as 8 elementary schools and 3,039 elementary school students, and 6 high schools and 3,643 high school students. 66.8% of 12th grade students were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001.

[edit] Rail

Kiryat Motzkin is served by the Kiryat Motzkin Railway Station

[edit] External links

[edit] References

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Haifa District
Cities	Baqa-Jat \| Carmel City \| Hadera \| Haifa \| Kiryat Atta \| Kiryat Bialik \| Kiryat Motzkin \| Kiryat Yam \| Nesher \| Or Akiva \| 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 \| Kiryat Tiv'on \| Rekhasim \| Zikhron Ya'aqov
Regional councils	Alona \| Hof Karmel \| Menashe \| Zevulun