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Place details
- Locality
- קרית מלאכי
- Region
- מחוז הדרום
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 25,362
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
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Key facts
- Iso 259
- Qiryat Malˀaki
- Also spelled
- Kiryat Malachi (official), Qiryat Mal'akhi (unofficial)
- Country
- Israel
- District
- Southern
- Subdistrict
- Ashkelon
- Mayor
- Eliyahu "Lalu" Zohar
- Total
- 4,632 dunams (4.632 km ; 1.788 sq mi)
- Density
- 6,036/km (15,630/sq mi)
- Jews and others
- 99.6%
- Arabs
- 0.4%
- Name meaning
- City of Angels
- Website
- www.k-m.org.il
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) memorial for fallen troops at Kiryat Malakhi The Holocaust Memorial at a city park Kiryat Malakhi (Hebrew: קריית מלאכי, lit. 'City of Angels') also spelled Kiryat Malahi, Kiryat Malachi, or Qiryat Mal'akhi, is a city in the Southern District of Israel, 17 kilometres (11 mi) northeast of Ashkelon. In 2024 it had a population of 27,959. Its jurisdiction is 4,632 dunams (~4.6 km).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kiryat Malachi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.