Yokneam (יָקְנְעָם, also transliterated Yoqne'am) is a small city council southeast of Haifa in northern Israel. Before 2006 it had been called Yokneam Illit (). It is located in a hilly region of northern Israel's lower Galilee, bordered by Highway 70 and Mount Carmel, and had a population of 18,200 at the end of 2005. The town has developed as a centre for high tech businesses, due to its proximity to the Technion in eastern Haifa.






