Nahariya

Nahariyya

נַהֲרִייָּה‎
Nahariyya נַהֲרִייָּה‎;
City (from 1961)
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Nahariyya
	Nahariyya Nahariyya
	Coordinates: 33°00′21″N 35°05′56″E / 33.00583°N 35.09889°E
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Sub-district	Acre
Founded	1400 BCE (Khirbet Kabarsa); 1935 (Modern city)
Government
• Mayor	Ronen Marelly
Area
• Total	10,233 dunams (10.233 km2 or 3.951 sq mi)
Population (2023)
• Total	63,947
• Density	6,200/km2 (16,000/sq mi)

Nahariya (Hebrew: נַהֲרִיָּה) is the northernmost coastal city in Israel. As of 2022, the city had a population of 63,947.^[1]

The city was founded in 1935 by Jewish immigrants fleeing Nazi Germany.^[2]^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
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^ Greene, Roberta R.; Hantman, Shira; Seltenreich, Yair; ʻAbbāsī, Muṣṭafá (2018). Living in Mandatory Palestine: personal narratives of resilience of the Galilee during the Mandate period 1918-1948. New York, NY: Routledge. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-138-06898-8.