Kiryat HaYovel
Kiryat HaYovel is a neighborhood in southwestern Jerusalem on Mount Herzl. It was built in the early 1950s to house Jewish immigrants and refugees who fled the Arab world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood in Jerusalem
- Also known as: “Beit Mazmil”, “Jubilee Town”, “Kiryat Yovel”, “Kiryat-Hayovel”, and “Qiryat HaYovel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yad Va’Shem and Mount Herzl.
Yad Va’Shem
Museum
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yad Vashem is Israel's official memorial institution to the victims of the Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; echoing the stories of the survivors; honoring Jews who fought against…
Mount Herzl
Peak
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
West Jerusalem represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ramat Denya and Ir Ganim.
Ramat Denya
Suburb
Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ramat Denya is a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem. It was established in 1970 between Kiryat Hayovel and Bayit Vegan, 780 meters above sea level. Denya was the name of the development company that built the first apartment buildings.
Ir Ganim
Suburb
Photo: Šlomo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ir Ganim is a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem, bordering Kiryat Menachem.
Bayit VeGan
Suburb
Bayit VeGan is a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem. It is located to the east of Mount Herzl, and borders the neighborhoods of Kiryat HaYovel and Givat Mordechai.
Kiryat HaYovel
- Categories: neighborhood of Jerusalem and locality
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.76436° or 31° 45′ 52″ northLongitude
35.17505° or 35° 10′ 30″ eastElevation
683 metres (2,241 feet)Open location code
8G3QQ57G+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 278470233OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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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”
- Czech: “Kiryat ha-Yovel”
- Finnish: “Kirjat HaJovel”
- French: “Kiryat HaYovel”
- German: “Kiryat HaYovel”
- German: “Kiryat Yovel”
- Hebrew: “קריית היובל”
- Hebrew: “קריית יובל”
- Hebrew: “קרית היובל”
- Hebrew: “קרית יובל”
- Indonesian: “Kiryat HaYovel”
- Italian: “Kiriat HaYovel”
- Italian: “Kiriat Yovel”
- Spanish: “Kiriat HaYovel”
- Spanish: “Kiriat Yovel”
- Spanish: “Kiryat HaYovel”
- Spanish: “Kiryat Yovel”
- Turkish: “Kiryat HaYovel”
- Yiddish: “קריית יובל”
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