Ramat Gan

Coordinates: 32°04′12″N 34°49′25″E / 32.07000°N 34.82361°E / 32.07000; 34.82361
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Ramat Gan
רָמַת גַּן‎
רָמַת־גַּן‎
City (from 1950)
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • Also spelledRamat-Gan
View of the Diamond Exchange District from the Azrieli Center
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Ramat Gan is located in Central Israel
Ramat Gan
Ramat Gan
Ramat Gan is located in Israel
Ramat Gan
Ramat Gan
Coordinates: 32°04′12″N 34°49′25″E / 32.07000°N 34.82361°E / 32.07000; 34.82361
CountryIsrael
DistrictTel Aviv
Founded1921
Government
 • MayorCarmel Shama
Area
 • Total12,214 dunams (12.214 km2 or 4.716 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total172,486
 • Density14,000/km2 (37,000/sq mi)
Name meaningGarden Heights
Websitewww.ramat-gan.muni.il

Ramat Gan (Hebrew: רָמַת גַּן or רָמַת־גַּן, IPA: [ʁaˈmat ˈɡan] ⓘ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv, and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to a Diamond Exchange District (one of the world's major diamond exchanges), Sheba Medical Center (the largest hospital in Israel) and many high-tech industries.

Ramat Gan was established in 1921 as a moshav shitufi, a communal farming settlement. In 2022 it had a population of almost 200,000.

History

Ramat Gan in 1936

Ramat Gan was established by the Ir Ganim

Zionist agricultural colony that grew wheat, barley and watermelons.[3] The name of the settlement was changed to Ramat Gan (lit: Garden Height) in 1923. The settlement continued to operate as a moshava until 1933, although it achieved local council status in 1926. At this time it had 450 residents. In the 1940s, Ramat Gan became a battleground in the country's language war: A Yiddish language printing press in Ramat Gan was blown up by Hebrew-language extremists.[4]

Ramat Gan in 1948

Over the years, the economy shifted from agriculture to commerce and industry. By 1946, the population had grown to 12,000.

Bar Ilan University. In 1968, the world's largest diamond exchange opened in Ramat Gan.[2] The Sheba Medical Center and the Israel Diamond Exchange
are located in Ramat Gan.

Geography and climate

Ramat Gan is located in the

Giv'atayim lies to the southwest.[3]

Ramat Gan experiences an average of 560 mm (22 in) of rainfall per year and is located, on average 80 m (260 ft)

The National Park (Park Leumi) which covers some 1,900 dunams, and David Park in the Merom Naveh neighborhood.[7]
25% of Ramat Gan is covered by public parkland.

Ramat Gan neighborhoods include: Shchunat Hageffen, City Center, Nachalat Ganim, Kiryat Krinitzi, Ramat Shikma, Ramat Yitzhak, Shchunat Rishonim, Tel Yehuda, Givat Geula, Neve Yehoshua, Kiryat Borochov, Merom Naveh, Ramat Amidar, Ramat Chen, Shikun Vatikim, Shchunat Hillel, Elite and Diamond Exchange District and Tel Binyamin.[2]

Demographics

City of Ramat Gan
Population by year[8]
1948 17,200
1955 58,500
1961 90,800
1972 118,000
1983 117,100
1995 128,700
2005 128,400
2010 146,200
2013 149,600

According to the 1931 census, Ramat Gan had 975 inhabitants, in 253 houses.[9] As of 2006, Ramat Gan had 129,700 residents, in an area of 12,000

natural increase.[10] The population density of the city is 9,822.6 per square kilometer, one of the highest in Israel.[8] In terms of the origin of Ramat Gan's residents, 42,900 originate from Europe and America, 10,200 from Africa, 29,200 from Asia, and 40,600 from Israel.[11] 86,200 of the residents of Ramat Gan were born in Israel, whilst 36,600 were born abroad.[11]

According to the

labour force, with 23,300 of these retired.[12] 1,900 of the households had unemployed household members.[12] 43,000 households were fully employed.[12] The largest sectors of jobs for those employed in Ramat Gan were business activities, which accounted for 18.1% of jobs; education (15.1%); wholesale and retail trade and repairs (14.2%); manufacturing (10.8%); and health, welfare, and social work services (10.0%).[13]

Economy

Diamond Exchange District also known as "The Bursa Area" of Ramat Gan

Ramat Gan's economy is dominated by the

high-tech businesses, among them Check Point Software Technologies and ArticlesBase
.

Also located in the Diamond Exchange District is the

Hiriya, the largest waste transfer
site in the Middle East.

Ramat Gan is also an important center for industry and manufacturing with major fruit and vegetable canning plants, textile mills, metal production plants, electrical manufacturers, furniture makers, and food producers based there.

Elite Candy factory. As a tribute to the history of the site, the lower floors of the tower will house a chocolate museum.[16] At the end of 2006, Ramat Gan had three hotels, with a total of 408 rooms and 150,000 person-nights over the course of the year, which represented a 64% room occupancy rate.[17]

Local government

The mayor of Ramat Gan is Carmel Shama.

Below is a complete list of mayors:

Mayors of Ramat Gan
Mayor Party Took office Left office
1 Avraham Krinitzi General Zionists 1926 1969
2 Yisrael Peled General Zionists 1969 1983
3 Uri Amit Labor 1983 1989
4 Zvi Bar Likud 1989 2013
5 Yisrael Zinger Zinger LeRamat Gan 2013 2018
6 Carmel Shama Likud 2018 Present

Education

Bar-Ilan University

Ramat Gan is home to Israel's

Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat Gan College, the College of Law and Business, Beit Zvi acting college.[18][19]

Religions

Ramat-Gan Great Synagogue

Judaism

Ramat Gan has 112 synagogues, two yeshivot,[20][21] and a Kabbalah Center.

Other

Ramat Gan also has a Buddhist temple and a Scientology center.

Healthcare

The Sheba Medical Center, located in southeastern Ramat Gan and Tel HaShomer, is Israel's largest hospital.[22] It includes the Safra Children's Hospital and Padeh Geriatric Rehabilitation Center. The city has 32 medical centers run by health authorities and 10 child-care clinics operated by the municipality.[23] The city is also served by Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center, a Haredi hospital in nearby Bnei Brak.[24]

Archaeology

Northwest of the city is the archaeological site of Tel Gerisa, with its main occupation phases dating back to the Middle and Late Bronze Ages and declining through Iron Age I and II.[25]

Culture

Ramat Gan National Park

Cultural venues in Ramat Gan include the

Yes Planet" megaplex. Ramat Gan also has a safari park. The 250-acre site consists of both a drive-through African safari area and a modern outdoor zoo.[26]

Museums

Beit Avraham Krinitzi, home of the first mayor, is now a museum of the history of Ramat Gan.

Russian Art, the Museum of Jewish Art, and the Yehiel Nahari Museum of Far Eastern Art.[citation needed
]

Sports

Ramat Gan Stadium

The

Ligat HaAl
, the top division.

Notable people

Ilan Ramon, first Israeli astronaut killed in Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel
Ramat Gan's twin towns

Ramat Gan is twinned with:[28]

References

  1. ^ "Ramat Gan (Israel)". Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ramat Gan". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c "General Information". Ramat Gan Municipality. Archived from the original on March 27, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  4. ^ Pilowsky, A: "Yiddish Alongside The Revival of Hebrew Public Polemics on the Status of Yiddish in Eretz Israel, 1907–1929", Readings in the Sociology of Jewish Languages, page 123. Joshua Fishman ed, Leiden – E.J. Brill, 1985.
  5. ISBN 978-1-4165-7204-6
    – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Ramat Gan". Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  7. ^ a b "Parks & Safari". Archived from the original on March 17, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  8. ^ a b "Population Densities". Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  9. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 15
  10. ^ a b "Sources of Population Growth". Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  11. ^ a b "Origins". Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  12. ^ a b c "Labour Force Characteristics". Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  13. ^ "Industry of employment". Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  14. ^ "Diamond Exchange Area turns into luxury residential spot". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  15. ^ Ramat Gan. Encarta. Archived from the original on December 2, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  16. ^ Petersburg, Ofer (June 20, 1995). "Trump to build projects in Israel – Israel Money, Ynetnews". Ynetnews. Ynetnews.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.
  17. ^ Central Bureau of Statistics. "Statistical Abstract of Israel 2007 – No. 58 Subject 23 – Table No. 11". Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  18. ^ "Academic Institutes". Archived from the original on March 17, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  19. ^ המרכז האקדמי למשפט ולעסקים ברמת גן [The Academic Center for Law and Business in Ramat Gan].
  20. ^ "Synagogues in Ramat Gan".
  21. ^ "Our Faith". Archived from the original on July 21, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  22. ^ Ayala Hurwicz (May 7, 2007). "Sheba – Largest Hospital in Israel" (in Hebrew). Retrieved September 14, 2007.
  23. ^ "Medical Services". Archived from the original on March 17, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  24. ^ Gloria Deutsch (January 14, 2016). "A gentleman and a rabbi".
  25. ISBN 978-0-8264-1316-1. Retrieved June 1, 2021. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
    )
  26. ^ "Theatre & Cinema". Archived from the original on March 17, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  27. ^ "Museums & Fine Art". Archived from the original on March 17, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  28. ^ "Twin Cities". ramat-gan.muni.il. Ramat Gan. Retrieved February 24, 2020.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Ramat Gan.
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