Kiryat Ye'arim Youth Village Explained

Kiryat Ye'arim Youth Village
Foundation:1952
Hebname:קריית יערים
Arname:كريات يعاريم
District:jerusalem
Council:Mateh Yehuda
Pushpin Map:Israel jerusalem
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Coordinates:31.8122°N 35.1036°W

Kiryat Ye'arim Youth Village 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 it had a population of .

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.