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Kiryat-Bialik

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Kiryat Bialik (קִרְייַת בְּיַאלִיק, also Qiryat Bialik) is a city in the Haifa District in Israel. It is one of the five Krayot suburbs to the north of Haifa. In it had a population of . The city was named after the poet Hayim Nahman Bialik. In 1924, Ephraim and Sabina Katz, who had immigrated to Mandatory Palestine from the Kingdom of Romania, were the first Jews in modern times to settle in the Zevulun Valley along the Haifa Bay. Their farm was destroyed in the 1929 Palestine riots. The one house that survived the riots, Beit Katz, was bequeathed to Kiryat Bialik in 1959 and designated for public use. The town of Kiryat Bialik was founded in July 1934 by a group of German Jewish immigrants who had received a plot of land from the Jewish National Fund. The residents were mainly free professionals, doctors, engineers and lawyers who lived in private homes with gardens. During World War II, Kiryat Bialik was bombed due to its proximity to the oil refineries in Haifa. In 1950, it was declared a local council, attaining city status in 1976. Zvi Karliner (1945-1985); Danny Zack (1985-2003); Rafi Wertheim (2003-2008); Eli Dukorsky (2008-) Bialik South - the southern neighborhood of Kiryat Bialik. In this neighborhood, Ort Kiryat Bialik Municipal High School was established, the largest school in Israel. Sabinia - named after Sabina Katz - was established in the 1930s. Sabinia Center is nowadays a shopping center. Tzur Shalom - the northern neighborhood in Kiryat Bialik. At the time of its establishment, it was inhabited mainly by immigrants. To the north of it is an extensive area of light industry. The Butterfly - a neighborhood established at the beginning of the 21st century. The neighborhood is named after its shape, the streets of the neighborhood and the buildings in it form the shape of a butterfly. Neot Afek - a new neighborhood located in the east of Kiryat Bialik. It is near the Ein Afek Nature Reserve, Nahal Naaman and Tzur Shalom neighborhood. According to CBS, the ethnic makeup of Kiryat Bialik in 2008 was all Jewish, without a significant Arab population.
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