Ramat Yishai

Ramat Yishai רָמַת יִשַּׁי‎ رمات يشاي
Local council (from 1958)
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Ramat Yiššay
Ramat Yishai
Coordinates: 32°42′12″N 35°9′54″E / 32.70333°N 35.16500°E / 32.70333; 35.16500
Grid position	166/234 PAL
District	Northern
Founded	1925
Government
• Head of Municipality	Ofer Ben-Eliezer
Area
• Total	2,388 dunams (2.388 km2 or 590 acres)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	8,120
• Density	3,400/km2 (8,800/sq mi)
Ethnicity [1]
• Jews and others	99.9%
• Arabs	0.1%

Ramat Yishai (Hebrew: רָמַת יִשַּׁי, Jesse's Heights; Arabic: رمات يشاي) is a town in the Northern District of Israel, located on the side of the Haifa–Nazareth road about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) eastern to Kiryat Tivon. It was established in the 1920s on land purchased from the Arab village of Jaida. The town achieved local council status in 1958. In 2022 it had a population of 8,120.