Karmiel
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Karmiel () is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Established in 1964 as a development town, Karmiel is located in the Beit HaKerem Valley which divides upper and lower Galilee. The city is located south of the Acre–Safed road, from Safed and from Ma'alot-Tarshiha and from Acre. In Karmiel had a population of .
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The entry is geolocated on the map in IL, across 3 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Karmiel is referenced by 307 other articles, and connects out to Haredi Judaism, Arab citizens of Israel and Lower Galilee.
Vinony files it under 1964 establishments in Israel, Cities in Northern District (Israel) and Development towns.
Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- כרמיאל
- Region
- מחוז הצפון
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 46,252
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Karmiel
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Hebrew
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- ISO 259
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Karmiˀel
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type2
- Translit.
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info2
- Karmi'el
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type3
- Also spelled
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info3
- Carmiel (unofficial)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Karmiel - Israel 2008.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Karmiel
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Karmiel.svg
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Karmiel COA.svg
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Coat of arms
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Israel northwest#Israel
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northern
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 45300
- Area
- 19.188
- Elevation
- 262
- Official website
- www.karmiel.muni.il
- Image
- Karmiel - Israel 2008.jpg
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- Commons category
- Karmiel
- Commons gallery
- Karmiel
- inception
- 1964-01-01
- P12749
- May 21
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Travel guide
Get around
There is a system of internal bus routes.
See
Synagogue on Eshkolot St - lined with Jerusalem stone, and its windows are stained glass with colored patterns. In Ramat Rabin area, there are unusual looking high rise buildings, recalling La Defense district in the Paris region. A fountain at the intersection of KKL and HaIrisim streets
Sleep
As of 2025, there are no commercial hotels in the city of Karmiel itself, although plans to build one are said to be in the works. There are Airbnb listings in town, and also some accommodation options in the outlying villages. The closest cities with large selections of hotels are Akko and Haifa.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
~11 min read
Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Demographics
- Integration of Russian-speakers
- Arab residents
- Local government
- Education
- Health care
- Culture
- Dance festival
- Beer festival
- Environmental protection
- Parks and gardens
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Karmiel () is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Established in 1964 as a development town, Karmiel is located in the Beit HaKerem Valley which divides upper and lower Galilee. The city is located south of the Acre–Safed road, from Safed and from Ma'alot-Tarshiha and from Acre. In Karmiel had a population of .
==History== thumb|The first housing units under construction, 1964 thumb|Galil Quarter In 1956, about of land in the area that is now Karmiel, owned by residents of the nearby Israeli Arab villages of Deir al-Asad, Bi'ina and Nahf, were declared "closed areas" by Israeli authorities. This area, near the main road between Acre and Safed, had been an important marble quarrying site. In 1961, the Israeli authorities expropriated the land to build Karmiel. The villagers were offered "equally good land" in the area, but when Moshe Sneh (Maki) and Yusef Khamis (Mapam) brought the case to the Knesset on behalf of the villagers, the Knesset established that there was no such land. According to the Haredi newspaper ''She'arim'', about (394 lots) were confiscated by a court order on 4 March 1963, at the request of the Israel Development Authority. However, the land was rocky, uninhabited and unfit for agriculture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karmiel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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