Ramat Yishai
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Local council (from 1958) | |
Hebrew transcription(s) | |
• ISO 259 | Ramat Yiššay |
Coordinates: 32°42′12″N 35°9′54″E / 32.70333°N 35.16500°E | |
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 | |
• 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.