| Kiryat Mal'akhi | |||
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| • Hebrew | קִרְיַת מַלְאָכִי | ||
| • ISO 259 | Qiryat Malˀaki | ||
| • Also spelled | Qiryat Mal'akhi (official) Kiryat Malachi (unofficial) |
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Kiryat Mal'akhi
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| Coordinates: | |||
| District | South | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | City (from 1998) | ||
| • Mayor | Motti Malka | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 4,632 dunams (4.6 km2 / 1.8 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2009)[1] | |||
| • Total | 20,600 | ||
| Name meaning | City of Angels (Los Angeles) | ||
Kiryat Malakhi (Hebrew: קִרְיַת מַלְאָכִי, also Qiryat Malakhi or Kiryat Malachi) is a city council-governed municipality in Israel's Southern District, 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Ashkelon. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 20,600.[1] Its jurisdiction is 4,632 dunams (~4.6 km²). Moshe Katsav, the eighth President of Israel, was a past mayor of Kiryat Malakhi.
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Kiryat Malakhi, literally "City of Angels", was established in 1951 as a ma'abara, or tent city, to house the masses of Jewish immigrants who arrived during the early days of the state, many of them part of the Jewish exodus from Arab lands. The name was chosen to honor the Jewish community of Los Angeles, California, which contributed much of the funding for its establishment.[2] It later became one of several development towns in the Negev.
Moshe Katsav was elected mayor in 1969 at the age of 24. His younger brother, Lior Katsav, was also mayor of Kiryat Malakhi, whilst Yosef Vanunu held the post from 1981 until the 1990s. The current mayor is Motti Malka.[3]
The arrival of new immigrants from the former Soviet Union and from Ethiopia in recent years has increased the population of Kiryat Malakhi by 40 percent. Some 22,000 people now live in the city.[4]
According to CBS figures for 2000, there were 5,692 salaried workers and 458 self-employed persons in Kiryat Malakhi. The mean monthly wage for a salaried worker was 3,513 shekels, a real change of -3.4% over the course of 2000. Salaried men earned an average of 4,558 shekels (a real change of -3.1%) compared to 2,405 shekels for females (a real change of -4.9%). The mean income for the self-employed was 5,471. There were 472 people receiving unemployment benefits and 3,301 people eligible for income supplements.
There is a 1000 people football stadium named "Teddy Arena". The club Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi plays there.
Kiryat Malakhi's main transportation hub is Malakhi Junction (also known as Qastina, after the pre-state Arab village that was located here).
According to CBS, there are 15 schools and 4,909 students in the city. They are spread out as 10 elementary schools and 2,867 elementary school students, and 2 high schools and 2,042 high school students. 47.9% of 12th grade students were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001.
Kiryat Malakhi is twinned with:
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