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Kiryat Malakhi (, also Qiryat Malakhi or Kiryat Malachi) is a city in Israel's Southern District, from Ashkelon. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 20,600. Its jurisdiction is 4,632 dunams (~4.6 km²). ==History== Kiryat Malakhi, literally "City of Angels", was established in 1951 as a ''ma'abara'', or tent city, to house the masses of Jewish immigrants who arrived during the early days of the state, many of them part of the Jewish exodus from Arab lands. The name was chosen to honor the Jewish community of Los Angeles, which contributed much of the funding for its establishment. It was founded on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Qastina.〔Khalidi, 1992, p. 131〕 Kiryat Malakhi later became one of several development towns in the Negev. Moshe Katsav, later Israel's eighth president, was elected mayor in 1969 at the age of 24. His younger brother, Lior Katsav, was also mayor of Kiryat Malakhi, whilst Yosef Vanunu held the post from 1981 until the 1990s. The current mayor is Motti Malka.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=KKL-JNF Celebrates World Environment Day )〕 On 15 November 2012, rocket attacks from Gazan militants killed three Jewish residents of the city during Operation Pillar of Defense. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kiryat Malakhi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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