Zikhron Ya'akov

Zikhron Ya'akov זִכְרוֹן יַעֲקֹב‎
Local council
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Zichron Yaˁaqob
• Also spelled	Zichron Ya'aqov (official) Zichron Yaakov (unofficial)
HaMeyasdim Street in Zikhron Ya'akov
Emblem of Zichron Ya'akov
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Coordinates: 32°34′15″N 34°57′06″E / 32.57083°N 34.95167°E / 32.57083; 34.95167
Country	Israel
District	Haifa
Founded	1882; 142 years ago (1882)
Government
• Head of Municipality	Ziv Deshe
Area
• Total	32,129 dunams (32.129 km2 or 12.405 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	24,145
• Density	750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Name meaning	Jacob's Memorial

Zikhron Ya'akov (Hebrew: זִכְרוֹן יַעֲקֹב, lit. "Jacob's Memorial"; often shortened to just Zikhron) is a town in Israel, 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Haifa, and part of the Haifa District. It is located at the southern end of the Carmel mountain range overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, near the coastal highway (Highway 2). It was one of the first Jewish settlements of Halutzim in the country, founded in 1882 by Romanian Jews, who in 1883 received support from Baron Edmond James de Rothschild and renamed their town in honor of his father, James Mayer de Rothschild ("James" being derived from the Hebrew name Ya'akov, Jacob).^[2] In 2022 it had a population of 24,145.^[1]