Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva | |
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Hebrew transcription(s) | |
• Forby spelt | Petah Tiqwa (offeecial) Petach Tikvah (unoffeecial) |
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Coordinates: 32°05′19.78″N 34°53′10.8″E / 32.0888278°N 34.886333°ECoordinates: 32°05′19.78″N 34°53′10.8″E / 32.0888278°N 34.886333°E | |
Destrict | Central |
Foondit | 1878 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Ceety (frae 1937) |
• Mayor | Yitzhak Ohayon |
Area | |
• Total | 35.868 km2 (13.849 sq mi) |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 230,984 |
• Density | 6,400/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
Name meanin | Openin o hope |
Petah Tikva (Hebrew: פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, "Openin o Hope") kent as Em HaMoshavot ("Mither o the Moshavot"), is a ceety in the Center District o Israel, 10.6 km, or 6.6 mile east o Tel Aviv. Petah Tikva's jurisdiction covers 35,868 dunams (~35.9 km² or 15 sq mi). The population density is approximately 5,800 inhabitants per square kilometre. In 2015 the ceety haed a population o 230,984.
Etymology
[eedit | eedit soorce]The name o Petah Tikva wis chosen bi its foonders in 1878 frae the prophecy o Hosea (2:17), "An A will give her vineyards frae thence, an the Valley o Achor for an openin o hope: an she shall sang there, as in the days o her youth, an as in the day when she came up oot o the land o Egyp."
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Petah Tikva's emblem appears on a postage stamp designed bi Yitzhak Goldenhirsch, a foondin member o Petah Tikva. The plow seembolizes Petah Tikva's oreegins as an agricultural settlement, the field seembolizes the dryin o the Yarkon River swamps an cultivation o the land, an the orange tree seembolizes Petah Tikva's citrus industry, stairtin wi the first tree plantit bi Rabbi Arye Leib Frumkin.
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Twin touns — Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Petah Tikva is twinned wi:
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Trondheims offisielle nettsted - Vennskapsbyer Archived 2012-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
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