Bat Jam

Bat Jam
Basic data
hebrew :	בת ים
arabic :	بات يام
State :	Israel
District :	Tel Aviv
Founded :	1926
Coordinates :	32 ° 1 ′ N , 34 ° 45 ′ E Coordinates: 32 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ N , 34 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E
Height :	20 m
Area :	8.167 km²
Residents :	128,774 (as of 2018)
Population density :	15,768 inhabitants per km²
Community code :	6200
Time zone :	UTC + 2
Postal code :	59100-59180
Community type:	City administration
Website :	www.bat-yam.muni.il
	Bat Jam
	Bat Jam

Bat Jam , also Bat Yam ( Hebrew בת ים'Daughter of the sea'; Arabic بات يام), is a city in Israel in the southern Tel Aviv area on the Mediterranean Sea .

history

The settlement from which Bat Jam developed was founded in 1926 south of Jaffa by settlers from Tel Aviv. The place got its current name in 1937, before it was called Bajit vaGan ("House and Garden"). Until the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Bat Jam - like the neighboring Cholon - developed only slowly because it was located away from the Jewish settlement areas and was therefore increasingly exposed to Arab attacks. In 1958, Bat Jam received city government status .

In the meantime, Bat Jam has developed into one of the largest settlements in the Tel Aviv area. The place is known u. a. because of its beautiful sandy beaches. A promenade and many hotels were built along the sea. The city is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area .

Residents

The Israeli Central Statistical Office gives the following population figures for Bat Jam in the censuses of November 8, 1948, May 22, 1961, May 19, 1972, June 4, 1983, November 4, 1995 and December 28, 2008:

year	1948	1961	1972	1983	1995	2008	2015	2017
Residents	2,325	31,694	100.091	128,738	136,416	128,851	128,892	128,655

mayor

since 2003 Shlomo Lahiani, Awoda
1993-2003 Yehoshua Saguy, Likud
1983-1993 Ehud Kanmon
1978-1983 Menachem Rothschild
1977-1988 David Mesika
1973–1977 Yitzhak Walker
1963–1973 Menachem Rothschild
1958–1963 David Ben Ari

Chairman of the municipal administration :

1950-1958 David Ben Ari
1943-1950 Eliav Levai
1939–1943 Yisrael Rabinovich-Teomim
1937–1939 Yisrael Ben Zion
1936–1937 Mintz Ben Zion

Culture and sights

The David Ben Ari Museum, the Rybak House and the Shalom Asch Museum are located in Bat Jam ; all three specialize in modern and contemporary art and together form the MoBY complex. The complex also serves as a cultural site for neighborhood events, conferences or educational seminars.