Kiryat Malakhi (Hebrew: , also Qiryat Malakhi or Kiryat Malachi) is a city council-governed municipality in Israel's Southern District, 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Ashkelon. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 20,600. Its jurisdiction is 4,632 dunams (~4.6 km²).