Yokneam Illit (Hebrew: יָקְנְעָם עילית), also known as Yoqne’am Illit and Jokneam Illit, or simply as the city of Yokneam, is a city in northern Israel. It is located in a hilly region of the lower Galilee at the base of the Carmel Mountains and overlooks the Jezreel Valley, 21 kilometres (13 miles) from Haifa and 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Tel Aviv. Yokneam is known as Israel’s “Startup Village” because its high-tech hub is surrounded by forest and small communities.[2]

Yokneam Illit was founded in 1950 and became a local authority in 1967, and a city in 2007. The city is located alongside the country’s major highways – Highway 70 and Highway 6. In 2017 it had a population of 22,746.[1]