Kfar Saba
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| hebrew : | כפר סבא | ||
| arabic : | كفار سافا | ||
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| District : | Central | ||
| Founded : | 1903 | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 10 ' N , 34 ° 54' E | ||
| Height : | 52 m | ||
| Area : | 14.169 km² | ||
| Residents : | 100,763 (as of 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 7,112 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Community code : | 6900 | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
| Community type: | City (since 1962) | ||
| Mayor : | Yehuda Ben Hemo | ||
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Kfar Saba (official Hebrew pronunciation Kfar Sava , occasionally Kefar Sava , Hebrew כפר סבא, Arabic كفار سافا) is a city in Israel in the Gush Dan area , about 15 kilometers northeast of Tel Aviv on the Green Line to the West Bank .
history
The origins of the settlement go back to the time of the Second Temple . This can be proven by several mentions of the city in the Talmud as Chabarzaba .
Today's Kfar Saba, however, emerged from a small agricultural settlement ( moshawa ) that was founded in 1892.
On August 6, 1910, Arabs from Qalqiliya attacked the then still small village and destroyed it.
During the First World War , Kfar Saba served as a refuge for many refugees from Jaffa and Tel Aviv . Towards the end of the war, the city came between the English and Turkish lines and was destroyed again. Reconstruction was slow as the Arabs again devastated Kfar Saba during the 1921 riots in Jaffa . From 1922, thanks also to new settlers, the cultivation of citrus fruits was promoted.
On March 17, 2002, a Palestinian shot indiscriminately at passers-by at an intersection in the center of Kfar Saba and killed 18-year-old Israeli Noa Auerbach. At least 13 Israelis were injured, some seriously, in the attack.
Today's city
Today Kfar Saba is an important, industrial city in the southern Sharon plain with 100,763 inhabitants (2018). The kibbutz Nir Elijahu and the Beit Berl university campus are in the immediate vicinity, but administratively belong to the Drom HaScharon regional association .
Town twinning
Kfar Saba is twinned with the following cities:
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City personalities
- 1916–2015: Michael Jerusalem, Israeli translator and editor, grandson of the Austrian-Jewish philosopher Wilhelm Jerusalem
- 1951: Eldad Stobezki, Israeli translator, editor and publishing reviewer, who has lived in Frankfurt am Main since 1979
- 1954-2016: Danny Kopec , American chess player and computer science - Professor
- 1955: Yaara Tal , Israeli classical pianist and Wagner interpreter (together with Andreas Groethuysen )
- 1958: Yoav Ben-Tzur , Israeli politician
- 1960: Shelly Yachimovich , Israeli politician
- 1964: Aliza Lavie , Israeli politician
- 1971: Merav Barnea , opera singer
- 1975: Galit Chait , former ice dancer
- 1977: Liad Kantorovic , performance artist, activist
- 1981: Harel Skaat , singer and musician
- 1983: Gilad Hekselman , jazz guitarist
- 1999: Manor Solomon , football player
Web links
- Kfar Saba website (Hebrew)
- Kfar Saba Museum (Hebrew)
Individual evidence
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Assassination attempt in Jerusalem and Kfar Saba - 18-year-old girl killed - 22 injured. In: Israelnetz .de. March 17, 2002, accessed August 4, 2019 .
- ↑ 1 DEAD; 44 INJURED IN TWO ATTACKS ON SUNDAY. In: Israeli Embassy in Berlin . March 18, 2002, accessed August 9, 2019 .