Kiryat Ata
Kiryat Ata
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | ||
| • ISO 259 | Qiryat ʔataˀ | |
| • Also spelled | Qiryat Ata (official) Kiryat Ata (unofficial) |
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| Coordinates: 32°48′N 35°06′E / 32.800°N 35.100°ECoordinates: 32°48′N 35°06′E / 32.800°N 35.100°E | ||
| Grid position | 160/244 PAL | |
| District | Haifa | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | City (from 1969) | |
| • Mayor | Yaakov Peretz | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 16,706 dunams (16.706 km2 or 6.450 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015) | ||
| • Total | 55,464 | |
Kiryat Ata (Hebrew: קִרְיַת אָתָא; also Qiryat Ata, Arabic: كريات آتا, Kiryāt ʾĀtā) is a city in the Haifa District of Israel. Also still known by its former name of Kfar Ata (Hebrew: כְּפַר עָטָּה), in 2015 it had a population of 55,464.
Archeological surveys at Khirbet Sharta in the northeast part of the city revealed traces of habitation dating to the Bronze, Iron, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Mamluk eras.
In 1283 it was mentioned as part of the domain of the Crusaders, according to the hudna between the Crusaders and the Mamluk sultan Qalawun. At the time it was called Kafrata.
Incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, Kufrata appeared in the census of 1596, located in the Nahiya of Acca of the Liwa of Safad. The population was 15 households, all Muslim. They paid taxes on wheat, barley, fruit trees, cotton, occasional revenues, goats and beehives; a total of 1508 Akçe. The village appeared under the name of Koufour Tai on the map that Pierre Jacotin compiled during Napoleon's invasion of 1799.
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