Petah Tikva
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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.
Petah Tikva | |
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • Forby spelt | Petah Tiqwa (offeecial) Petach Tikvah (unoffeecial) |
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 Emblem of Petah Tikva | |
  Petah Tikva | |
| Coordinates: 32°05′19.78″N 34°53′10.8″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 |
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."
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.
Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Petah Tikva is twinned wi:
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