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Rishon LeZion (Hebrew: רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן (audio) (help·info), lit. First tae Zion), is the fowert-lairgest ceety in Israel, locatit alang the central Israeli coastal plain 12 kilometers sooth o Tel Aviv. It is pairt o the Gush Dan metropolitan aurie. In 2015 it haed a population o 243,973. Foondit in 1882 bi European Jewish immigrants, it wis the seicont Jewish farm colony established in Land o Israel in the 19t century, efter Petah Tikva.
Rishon LeZion | |
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Hebrew transcription(s) | |
• ISO 259 | Riˀšon l Çiyon |
• Transleet. | Rishon LeTziyon |
• Forby spelt | Rishon LeZiyyon (offeecial) |
![]() Rishon LeZion skyline and lake | |
Coordinates: 31°57′N 34°48′E | |
Destrict | Central |
Foondit | 1882 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Ceety (frae 1950) |
• Mayor | Dov Tzur |
Area | |
• Total | 58.704 km2 (22.666 sq mi) |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 243,973 |
• Density | 4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
Name meanin | First tae Zion |
The name Rishon LeZion is derived frae a biblical verse: "First tae Zion are they, an A shall give herald tae Jerusalem" (Hebrew: ראשון לציון הנה הינם, ולירושלים מבשר אתן) (Book of Isaiah 41:27) an literally translates as the First tae Zion.
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