Yarkon Park
Public park in Tel Aviv, Israel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the public park near the mouth of the Yarkon River. For the Yarkon National Park at the springs of the Yarkon River, see Antipatris.
Yarkon Park (Hebrew: פארק הירקון, Park HaYarkon) is a large park in Tel Aviv, Israel, with about sixteen million visits annually.[1] Named after the Yarkon River which flows through it, the park includes extensive lawns, sports facilities, botanical gardens, an aviary, a water park, two outdoor concert venues and lakes. The park covers an area of 3.5 km². At 375 hectares, it is slightly larger than Central Park in New York, and double the size of Hyde Park, London.[2]
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Yarkon Park | |
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Type | Urban park |
Location | Tel Aviv, Israel |
Coordinates | 32°06′00″N 34°48′36″E |
Area | 3.5 km² |
Established | 1951 (1951), Opened 1973 (1973) |
Operated by | Tel Aviv municipality |
Visitors | 16 million |
Status | Open all year |
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