Kiryat Motzkin

Kiryat Motzkin (קִרְיַת מוֹצְקִין) is a city in the Haifa District of Israel, 8 km north of the city of Haifa. In it had a population of. The city is named after Leo Motzkin (1867-1933), one of the organizers of the First Zionist Congress in 1897. The mayor of the city is Tziki Tzvi Avisar.

History
Kiryat Motzkin was founded in 1934, and by 1935 the first school was opened. In 1939, the town had a population of about 2,000 and 345 buildings. Kiryat Motzkin railway station was constructed by British Mandatory Palestine in 1937.

In the Second World War, Kiryat Motzkin suffered from German\Italian air bombarding. It received local council status in 1940. During the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine, an important battle took place near Kiryat Motzkin when the Haganah destroyed an Arab arms convoy and killed the commander of Arab forces in the process. This contributed to the Jewish victory in the Battle of Haifa.

Demographics
According to the Israeli Interior Ministry, in 2024 the ethnic makeup of the city was all Jewish and other non-Arabs. There were 25,000 males and 28,000 females, with 25.5% of the population 19 years of age or younger, 15.2% between 20 and 29, 19.0% between 30 and 44, 20.1% from 45 to 59, 4.5% from 60 to 64, and 15.9% 65 years of age or older. The population growth rate in 2006 was -0.1% and it grew to 39,590 in 2014. The city is ranked medium-high on the socio-economic scale (7 out of 10)

Income
In 2005, there were 17,887 salaried workers and 978 self-employed. The mean monthly wage for a salaried worker was NIS 6,581, a real change of 0.6% over the course of 2004. Salaried males had a mean monthly wage of NIS 8,773 (a real change of 3.0%) compared to NIS 4,634 for females (a real change of -2.2%). The mean income for self-employed was 6,327. 437 people received unemployment benefits, and 2,157 received an income supplement.

Education
There are 18 schools and 11,000 students in Kiryat Motzkin, with 8 elementary schools (4,000  students) and 6 high schools (4,500 students). 91.1% of 12th-grade students were eligible for a matriculation certificate in 2023.

Transportation
Kiryat Motzkin is served by Kiryat Motzkin Railway Station, which is on the main Coastal railway line to Nahariya, with southerly trains to Beersheba and Modi'in. The Krayot Central Bus Station is located on the northern edge of the municipality and serves as a terminus for the Metronit bus rapid transit system and local bus routes.

Twin towns – sister cities
Kiryat Motzkin is twinned with:


 * 🇩🇪 Bad Kreuznach (district), Germany
 * 🇩🇪 Bad Segeberg, Germany


 * 🇩🇪 Haßberge (district), Germany
 * 🇨🇳 Kaifeng, China
 * 🇨🇿 Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic
 * 🇭🇺 Nyíregyháza, Hungary
 * 🇺🇸 Orlando, United States
 * 🇵🇱 Radzyń Podlaski County, Poland
 * 🇵🇱 Włodawa County, Poland

Notable people

 * Yuval Avidor (born 1986), footballer
 * Ofir Mizrahi (born 1993), footballer
 * Shuki Schwartz (born 1954), basketball player
 * Bar Soloveychik (born 2000), swimmer