Qiryat Yam
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Qiryat Yam is a small city in Israel, located 30km north of Haifa in the Haifa District. It is part of a cluster of small cities informally known as "HaQrayot".
The population of Qiryat Yam is about 38,000 (2003) people, of whom about 20,000 arrived after 1990, following the large aliyah from the collapsing Soviet Union.
In a few years all of the HaQrayot should be united into one big city with a population of about 250,000 people, which will make it one of the ten largest cities at Israel.
There are about 10,000 pupils in Qiryat Yam, and three Junior+High schools named Rabin High School, Rodman High School and Levinson High School. There are also about eight elementary schools and 15 pre-schools.
The average Qiryat Yam income a month is about 4,500 NIS, (almost 2000 NIS below the national average).
In September of 2003 Shmuel Siso was elected mayor with an over 60% majority.he:קריית ים