Kiryat Ye'arim Youth Village

Kiryat Ye'arim Youth Village

Kiryat Ye'arim Youth Village
Coordinates: 31°48′44.21″N 35°6′12.89″E / 31.8122806°N 35.1035806°E / 31.8122806; 35.1035806Coordinates: 31°48′44.21″N 35°6′12.89″E / 31.8122806°N 35.1035806°E / 31.8122806; 35.1035806
District	Jerusalem
Council	Mateh Yehuda
Founded	1952
Population (2015)^[1]	265

Kiryat Ye'arim Youth Village (Hebrew: כפר הנוער קריית יערים‎‎, Kfar HaNoar Kiryat Ye'arim) is a youth village in central Israel. Located near Kiryat Ye'arim and to the north of Abu Ghosh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 265.

History

The village was established in 1952 with a donation from Swiss Jews. Yisrael Katz, later a government minister, ran the village between 1954 and 1959.

References

↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

Mateh Yehuda Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Harel Kiryat Anavim Ma'ale HaHamisha Nahshon Netiv HaLamed-Heh Ramat Rachel Tzora Tzova

Moshavim	Aderet Agur Aminadav Aviezer Bar Giora Beit Zayit Beit Meir Beit Nekofa Bekoa Eshtaol Even Sapir Gefen Giv'at Ye'arim Givat Yeshayahu Kfar Uria Ksalon Luzit Mevo Beitar Mata Mahsia Mesilat Zion Naham Nehusha Nes Harim Neve Ilan Neve Michael Ora Ramat Raziel Sdot Micha Sho'eva Shoresh Ta'oz Tal Shahar Tarum Tirosh Tzafririm Tzelafon Yad HaShmona Yish'i Zanoah Zekharia

Community settlements	Gizo Motza Illit Nataf Srigim Tzur Hadassah

Arab villages	Ein Naqquba Ein Rafa

Other villages	Deir Rafat Ein Kerem Agricultural School Eitanim Givat Shemesh Kfar Zoharim Kiryat Ye'arim Youth Village Neve Shalom Yedida

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