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Kiryat Tiv'on

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Kiryat Tiv'on (Hebrew: קִרְיַת טִבְעוֹן, also Qiryat Tiv'on) is a town in the Haifa District of Israel, in the hills between the Zvulun (Zebulon) and Jezreel valleys. Kiryat Tiv'on is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of Haifa, on the main road to Nazareth. Kiryat Tiv'on is the result of the municipal merger of several older settlements, Tiv'on (est. 1946), Elro'i (est. 1935), Kiryat Haroshet (est. 1935) and Kiryat Amal (est. 1937). On the outskirts of Tiv'on is a Bedouin township called Basmat Tab'un. In 2022 it had a population of 19,130.[1]

Kiryat Tiv'on
קִרְיַת טִבְעוֹן‎
كريات طيفون
Local council (from 1958)
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259Qiryat Ṭibˁon
 • Also spelledQiryat Tiv'on (official)
View of Kiryat Tivon
View of Kiryat Tivon
Kiryat Tiv'on is located in Haifa region of Israel
Kiryat Tiv'on
Kiryat Tiv'on
Kiryat Tiv'on is located in Israel
Kiryat Tiv'on
Kiryat Tiv'on
Coordinates: 32°43′26″N 35°7′38″E / 32.72389°N 35.12722°E / 32.72389; 35.12722
District Haifa
Government
 • Head of MunicipalityIdo Greenblum
Area
 • Total8,419 dunams (8.419 km2 or 3.251 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total19,180
 • Density2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi)
Ethnicity
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 • Jews and others99.3%
 • Arabs0.7%

In the area of Kiryat Tivon, one can find the National Park and the World Heritage Site Beit She'arim, the Sanhedrin's Seat and the burial place of Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi, as well as the sculpture of Alexander Zaid, who resided in the area with his family and was murdered nearby.

History

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View of Kiryat Tivon from Beit She'arim National Park
 
The southern houses of Tivon
 
War Memorial in Kiryat Tivon - Yad Labanim
 
The water tower in Tivon

Ancient Israel

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An ancient Jewish town called Tiv'on existed in the general area. It was mentioned in the Talmud and Mishnah.[2] It is mentioned several times in Talmudic literature in connection with various sages, some of whom lived there.[3]

Ottoman Empire

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In 1859, the village of Tubaun[4] was estimated to have a tillage of 22 feddans.[5] In 1875, Victor Guérin found that the village had 200 inhabitants.[6] In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Tubaun as a small adobe village, on high ground, at the edge of the wood.[5] A population list from about 1887 showed that Tuba'un had about 90 inhabitants; all Muslims.[7]

British Mandate

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The 1922 census of Palestine showed that Tub'un had 151 inhabitants, all Muslim.[8]

The area was acquired by the Jewish community as part of the Sursock Purchase. In 1925 a Zionist organisation purchased 30 feddans in Kiskis (present Alonim) and Tabaun (present Kiryat Tiv'on) from the Sursuk family of Beirut. At the time, there were 36 families living there.[9] In the 1931 census Tabun had a population of 239, still all Muslim, in a total of 48 houses.[10] From 1931-1935, a significant land controversy arose from competing claims by the Jewish Agency and Palestinian tenant farmers over the area, culminating in a violent clash between local Bedouins and Jewish watchmen in 1935.[11]

In the 1945 statistics, al Tivon (Alonim) (previously Qusqus Taboun) had 370 Muslim and 320 Jewish inhabitants, with a total land area of 5,823 dunams.[12][13] Of this, 141 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 2,038 for cereals,[14] while 3,644 dunams were classified as non-cultivable land.[15]

 
Kiryat Amal 1938
 
Kiryat Amal 1939
 
Tiv’on 1945

Modern Israel

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The symbol of Kiryat Tiv'on is the cyclamen, a flower that grows between the rocks, reflecting the town's appreciation of nature and its efforts to preserve the landscape and safeguard the environment.[16]

Population

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According to data from the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (as of the end of September 2020, an estimate), there are 18,312 residents living in Kiryat Tivon. The population has been growing at an annual rate of 3%. The percentage of those eligible for a matriculation certificate among 12th-grade students in the academic year 2020-2021 was 84.1%. The average monthly salary of an employee in 2019 was 12,598 NIS (national average: 9,745 NIS).[17]

Characteristics of Kiryat Tivon

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Climate

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The climate conditions in the area are considered comfortable. The annual average temperature difference is 19 Celsius degrees. The average temperature between day and night is 10 degrees Celsius. The average humidity is 65% - 70%. The number of sunny days per year ranges from 20 to 40 days, and heavy overcast days range from 3 to 6 days. The average annual rainfall is 700 millimeters.[18]

Flora

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In the hilly area within the boundaries of the settlement and its vicinity, grow remnants of the Quercus ithaburensis forest, Styrax officinalis, Pistacia atlantica, a Mediterranean forest, as well as a new intensive forest of Pine trees planted by the Jewish National Fund (AKA Keren Kayemet LeYisrael). Among the Tabor oak trees stands the ancient oak tree with a trunk circumference of 5.3 meters. Benches have been placed around it as a corner of remembrance for the soldier Ilan Gabbai,[19] a paratrooper officer who died in the Second Lebanon War.

One-third of the settlement's area is covered with trees.[20]

Education

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Landmarks

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The town is best known for the national park, Beit She'arim, which borders it on the southwest. Beit Shearim was an important Jewish spiritual center and necropolis during the Roman period, and was once the seat of the Sanhedrin.

Notable residents

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Twin towns – sister cities

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel

Kiryat Tiv'on is twinned with:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Kiryat Tivon Excursion to the Giant Oak and Mastic".
  3. ^ "Tivon | Encyclopedia.com".
  4. ^ from tảba: to press or stamp, according to Palmer, 1881, p. 117
  5. ^ a b Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 273
  6. ^ Guérin, 1880, pp. 398-399
  7. ^ Schumacher, 1888, p. 175
  8. ^ Barron, 1923, p. 33
  9. ^ according to List of villages sold by Sursocks and their partners to the Zionists since British occupation of Palestine, evidence to the Shaw Commission, 1930
  10. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 96
  11. ^ Avneri, 1984, pp. 156-7
  12. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 15
  13. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 49
  14. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 92
  15. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 142
  16. ^ http://www.ktv.org.il/ Municipality website
  17. ^ "Kiryat Tivon's profile" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.
  18. ^ "about Kiryat Tivon". Kiryat Tivon municipal website.
  19. ^ "Ilan Gabay's memorial page". izkor website.
  20. ^ "העשירים בצל, העניים חשופים: מפה חדשה מראה שהשמש לא קופחת על כולם באופן שווה". הארץ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  21. ^ "about oranim college". www.oranim.ac.il. Archived from the original on 2016-10-29. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  22. ^ "About Ramat Hadassah Youth Village". Archived from the original on 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  23. ^ "Braunschweigs Partner und Freundschaftsstädte" [Braunschweig - Partner and Friendship Cities]. Stadt Braunschweig [City of Braunschweig] (in German). Archived from the original on 2012-12-01. Retrieved 2013-08-07.

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