Kiryat Ata (Hebrew קרית אתא‏‎) is a city in northern Israel in the Haifa district, 12 km from Haifa. One of the cities that make up the Krayot urban agglomeration.
The city covers an area of ​​16,706 dunams.

Population
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, the population for 2016 is 55,464.
The majority of the city’s population is Jewish.

Geography
The city is located in the eastern part of the Zvulun valley, on the hills at an altitude of 100 m above sea level.
Distance to the sea 4 km.
The soils in the city are black earth, which has led to the development of agriculture in the area.

History
Kiryat Ata was founded in 1925 by the Nahali Yisrael Society as an agricultural settlement called Kfar Ata after the name of the Arab village of Kufrita. This is the first Jewish settlement in the Zvulon valley. The first inhabitants of the settlement were religious immigrants from Poland. During the Arab pogroms of 1929, the settlement was badly damaged. Many residents fled to the nearby religious settlement of Kfar Hasidim (Hasidic village). In 1930, the inhabitants returned and restored the village. In 1935, the Moler family founded the Arigei Totseret Artsenu weaving factory in the abbreviation Ata. During the War of Independence (1948-1949), Arab troops from the neighboring city of Shfarama tried to capture the village. The attacks were repulsed. The Arab inhabitants of the village fled to Shfaram. A small number of Jewish residents of Shfaram moved to Kfar Ata.
The population of the village increased significantly with the arrival of repatriates from North Africa (mainly from Morocco) and from Romania. New neighborhoods were built to accommodate new residents. In 1965, a decision was made to merge with the neighboring village of Kiryat Benyamin. The united settlement was named Kiryat-Ata. In 1969, the population of the village exceeded 20,000 people and Kiryat-Ata was proclaimed a city. Since the beginning of the 1970s, numerous repatriates from the USSR began to arrive in the city (a significant part were Georgian and Mountain Jews).
In 1985, the weaving factory in the city was closed, many residents were left without work.
Beginning in 1989, with the beginning of the mass immigration of Jews from the USSR in 1990-1991, a significant number of new repatriates settled in the city (about 1,500 families). Numerous Ulpans (Hebrew courses).
Mass housing construction began. The Givat Ram residential area was built. At the same time, the public housing fund (Amigur) was being restored.

Education
There are 20 schools in the city with 8672 pupils. Among schools: 11 secondary and 14 primary. 52% of students in the 12th grade received a matriculation certificate (data for 2001).

Transport
The main types of public transport are buses and fixed-route taxis. Unlike other cities in Krayot, such as Kiryat Bialik or Kiryat Motzkin, Kiryat Ata is located away from the main Haifa-Akko highway. In recent years, the highways leading to the city have been widened.

Industry
Near Kiryat Ata there is a chemical plant “Haifa Chemicallim” (Hebrew חיפה כימיקליים‏‎). In the industrial zone of the city there are many small enterprises of the metalworking and construction industries.