Or Akiva

Or Akiva אור עקיבא
City
View of Or Akiva
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 32°30′N 34°55′E / 32.500°N 34.917°E / 32.500; 34.917
Country	Israel
District	Haifa
Subdistrict	Hadera
Founded	1951
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
• Body	Municipality of Or Akiva
• Mayor	Simha Yosifov (Likud)[1]
Area
• Total	3,539 dunams (3.539 km2 or 1.366 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]
• Total	24,203
• Density	6,800/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Ethnicity [2]
• Jews and others	99.5%
• Arabs	0.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (IST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (IDT)
Name meaning	Light of Akiva
Website	oraqiva.muni.il

Or Akiva (Hebrew: אור עקיבא, lit. 'Light of Akiva') is a city in the Haifa District of Israel, on the country's coastal plain. It is located inland from the ancient port city of Caesarea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is north of the city of Hadera. It is 39 kilometres (24 miles) south of Haifa and 48 km (30 mi) north of Tel Aviv.