The
Local Council of Kiryat Malachi is located 17 kilometers southeast of
Ashdod, one of Israel's two main port cities.
The town was founded in 1951 to replace a "tent
city" housing refugees from Arab countries. Kiryat Malachi, which
means "Angels Town", was named in honor of the Los Angeles
Jewish Community which helped establish and develop it.
Kiryat Malachi absorbed more than 2,000 new immigrants
during the present decade - including many immigrants from Ethiopia -
bringing its total population to 20,100.
