Kiryat HaLeom

Kiryat HaLeom (Hebrew: קריית הלאום‎), also known as Kiryat HaUma (Hebrew: קריית האומה‎) and referred to in English as the National Quarter,^[1] is the official label of a complex in central Jerusalem that includes Kiryat HaMemshala (the government precinct), the Knesset (parliament), Sacher Park, the Menorah Garden, Wohl Rose Park and Binyanei HaUma convention center. It was traditionally considered to be the northern part of the Givat Ram neighborhood.

Project overview

The project was started in the 1990s^[2] and the compound is planned to include all government institutions of the State of Israel. It currently includes the Bank of Israel, the Bloomfield Museum of Science, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Finance, the Office of the Prime Minister and the Supreme Court. Future buildings will house the National Archives, the National Gallery, and the National Library, plus new buildings for the National Headquarters of the Police and the State Comptroller offices. The official guesthouse for diplomats (like the Blair House in Washington, D.C.) will be built next to Binyenei HaUma convention center.

The project is aimed to be completed in 20 years. The plans also include the construction of Kikar HaLeom, a national square adjacent to the Office of the Prime Minister, as well as a national boulevard leading to the square. Rova Mevo Ha'ir is a project to build a new main entrance to Jerusalem that goes from the Kiryat HaLeom area, northward to the entrance of the city from Highway 1.

In 2010 the Israeli government signed an agreement with a Dutch architectural firm that should plan the whole area in a 20-year process. At the same time the Government signed an agreement with Israeli architects for the project of connecting the city entrance to the northern side of Kiryat HaLeom.

National Square

A new square is planned to be built next to the new Prime Minister's Office with a new road that will be the "national boulevard". The square is planned to be the location of national monuments and national symbols. It would also serve as meeting grounds for national parades.

National Square parking building

A new building opened in 2004 to provide parking spaces for 1,800 state employees and diplomats. The building includes a police station, fire station, bank, and a local branch of the Council for a Beautiful Israel that is planned to be an educational center for environmental studies.

References

↑ http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=282712
↑ Hell no, they won't go Haaretz, 15 April 2002.

External links

Kiryat HaLeom in WikiMapia
Kiryat HaLeom project in Archijob website
the National Square project in Kolker-Epstein architects website

Neighborhoods of Jerusalem

Jerusalem neighborhoods east of the 1949 armistice line are depicted in green, those west of the line in blue (see Green Line).

Old City	Armenian Quarter Christian Quarter Muristan Jewish Quarter Muslim Quarter Bab al-Huta

Central Neighborhoods	Arzei HaBira Batei Ungarin Beit David Beit Ya'akov Beit Yisrael Bukharim Downtown Triangle Geula Givat HaVradim Givat Ram Katamon Kerem Avraham Kiryat HaLeom Kiryat HaMemshala Kiryat Shmuel Kiryat Shomrei Emunim Kiryat Wolfson Ma'alot Dafna Mahane Israel Mahane Yehuda Mazkeret Moshe Mea Shearim Mekor Baruch Mishkenot Sha'ananim Mount Zion Musrara Nahalat Shiv'a Nachlaot Nayot Neve Granot Neve Sha'anan Rehavia Romema Rova Mevo Ha'ir Russian Compound Sha'arei Hesed Shmuel HaNavi Talbiya Yemin Moshe Zikhron Moshe Zikhron Yosef

Northern Neighborhoods	Al-Ram Beit Hanina Ezrat Torah French Hill Givat HaMivtar Har Hotzvim Kafr 'Aqab Kiryat Belz Kiryat Itri Kiryat Mattersdorf Kiryat Sanz Mount Scopus Neve Yaakov Pisgat Ze'ev Ramat Eshkol Ramat Shlomo Ramot Ramot Polin Sanhedria Sanhedria Murhevet Shikun Chabad Shuafat Tel Arza Unsdorf

Eastern Neighborhoods	American Colony Al Bustan Al-Issawiya At-Tur Bab a-Zahara Ir David Jabel Mukaber Kiryat Menachem Begin Ma'ale ha-Zeitim Nachalat Shimon Nof Zion Ras al-Amud Sheikh Jarrah Shimon HaTzadik Silwan Wadi al-Joz

Southern Neighborhoods	Abu Tor Arnona Baka Beit Safafa East Talpiot German Colony Gilo Givat HaMatos Givat Oranim Givat Massuah Greek colony Har Homa Katamonim Malha Mekor Chaim Pat Ramat Rachel San Simon Sharafat Sur Baher Talpiot Umm Tuba

Western Neighborhoods	Bayit VeGan Beit HaKerem Ein Karem Givat Beit HaKerem Givat Shaul Givat Mordechai Har Nof Ir Ganim Kiryat HaYovel Kiryat Menachem Kiryat Moshe Motza Ramat Beit HaKerem Ramat Denya Ramat Sharett Yefeh Nof

Historical Neighborhoods	Atarot Batei Munkacs Batei Saidoff Ezrat Yisrael Kirya Ne'emana Knesset Yisrael Lifta Mamilla Moroccan Quarter Ohel Shlomo Sha'arei Yerushalayim Sheikh Badr

See also: Ring Neighborhoods

Coordinates: 31°47′2.55″N 35°12′1.95″E / 31.7840417°N 35.2005417°E / 31.7840417; 35.2005417

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