Or Yehuda

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Basic data
hebrew : אור יהודה
arabic : أور يهودا
State : IsraelIsrael Israel
District : Tel Aviv
Coordinates : 32 ° 2 '  N , 34 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 32 ° 2 '0 "  N , 34 ° 51' 0"  E
Area : 6.5  km²
 
Residents : 36,864 (as of 2018)
Population density : 5,671 inhabitants per km²
 
Community code : 2400
Time zone : UTC + 2
Or Jehuda (Israel)
Or Yehuda
Or Yehuda

Or Jehuda ( Hebrew אור יהודה, Arabic أور يهودا, DMG Ūr Yahūdā ) is a city in Israel . It is located southeast of Tel Aviv in the Gush Dan . In 2018 the population was 36,864. The 5 km² town was given city status in 1988.

In 2008, the deputy mayor of Or Yehuda instigated residents to burn hundreds of New Testaments.

Or Jehuda is the seat of Babylon Translator , a company that produces online translation programs, and the MyHeritage genealogy platform .

Individual evidence

  1. אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  2. אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  3. In a press release after the unanimous condemnation and subsequent cancellation of the so-called International Burn a Koran Day , the international leader of the World Evangelical Alliance , Geoff Tunnicliffe , demanded that violent attacks against all beliefs should be condemned in the same way. The press release referred to the incident in Ohr Yehuda. - WEA chief asks international community to share same concern for acts of aggression against all faiths. World Evangelical Alliance , September 10, 2010, archived from the original on September 11, 2010 ; accessed on September 11, 2010 (English).