19 Facts About Yokneam Illit

Yokneam Illit, Yoqne'am Illit and Jokneam Illit, is a city in northern Israel.

Yokneam Illit is known as Israel's "Startup Village, " because its high-tech hub is surrounded by forest and small communities.

Yokneam Illit was founded in 1950 and became a local authority in 1967, and a city in 2007.

Yokneam Illit appears in the list of 119 conquered cities by Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III after the victory in the battle of Megiddo .

Yokneam Illit was built on the lands of a Palestinian Arab village named Qira, depopulated in the lead up to the 1948 Arab–Israeli war.

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In 1952, Yokneam Illit was considered unusual in that it had a single school for all regardless of whether they were religious or secular, or from the moshava or the tent camp.

In 2009, Yokneam Illit was linked to Highway 6 and received recognition as Israel's first "Green City" in the Cleantech competition.

Since the 1950s when Yokneam Moshava and Yokneam Illit shared a single school, social integration and coexistence has been an integral part of the local culture.

Yokneam Illit's accelerated demand for day care and Kindergartens led to a shortage of space in local day care and Kindergartens at the same time that there was a shortage of children at some of the Kibbutzim.

Under the Israeli Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investment, approved enterprises in Yokneam Illit enjoy the highest level of tax benefits and investment grants .

Growth of the high-tech companies in Yokneam Illit has attracted speakers and members of specialized professions, such as technical writers, to come from other parts of Israel to meet and exchange ideas.

Many Yokneam Illit residents are employed at the plant, which won awards from the Council for a Beautiful Israel for its attractive premises.

Tel Yokneam Illit, which includes the ruins of a crusader church and its intricate water system, is used as an educational site where Yokneam Illit's school children perform restoration work under the direction of the Antiquities Authority and the National Parks Authority.

Yokneam Illit sits at the intersections of Highway 70 and Highway 6, which connect all of Israel with both Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem.

Yokneam Illit Municipality encourages the use of bicycles in the city.

Municipality of Yokneam Illit has developed a special relationship with the Jewish communities of Atlanta, GA and Saint Louis, MO, whereby all three communities work together to create programs for bridging the gaps between communities and cultures, and to provide all students with equal opportunities.

Yokneam Illit is known for its religious tolerance, with many extended families consisting of a mixture of secular and religious Jews.

Yokneam Illit has two indoor Basketball Courts, a Tennis Association, a new Country Club including an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, an additional community swimming pool, and a Soccer field, which is run by the Hapoel sports association and is very active with the school age children.

Yokneam Illit is one of 31 municipalities that separates garbage at the source, as well as having waste separation centers distributed throughout the city.