Kiryat HaYovel
Kiryat HaYovel is a neighborhood in southwestern Jerusalem. It was built in the early 1950s to house Jewish immigrants and refugees from Europe and from Muslim countries.
- Type: Suburb with 25,000 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Jerusalem
- Also known as: “Beit Mazmil”, “Jubilee Town”, “Kiriat Yovel”, “Kiryat ha-Yovel”, “Kiryat Yovel”, “Kiryat-Hayovel”, and “Qiryat HaYovel”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Yad Va’Shem and Mount Herzl.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ramat Denya and Ir Ganim.
Kiryat HaYovel
- Categories: neighborhood of Jerusalem, nonprofit organization, and locality
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.76436° or 31° 45′ 52″ north
Longitude
35.17505° or 35° 10′ 30″ east
Population
25,000
Elevation
683 metres (2,241 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ57G+P2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Kiryat HaYovel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيت مزميل”
- Arabic: “كريات هايوفيل”
- Arabic: “كريات هايوڤيل”
- Chinese: “约维尔镇”
- Czech: “Kirjat ha-Jovel”
- Finnish: “Kirjat HaJovel”
- French: “Kiryat HaYovel”
- German: “Kiryat HaYovel”
- Hebrew: “קריית היובל”
- Hebrew: “קרית היובל”
- Indonesian: “Kiryat HaYovel”
- Italian: “Kiriat HaYovel”
- Spanish: “Kiriat HaYovel”
- Turkish: “Kiryat HaYovel”
- Yiddish: “קריית יובל”
- Yiddish: “קרית יובל”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: HaKfar HaShvedi and Ein Kerem.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Yad Yossef and Beit Shlomo Synagogue.
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Worth a closer look: Tel Aviv and Nazareth.
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