Ramat Gan
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| hebrew : | רמת גן | ||
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| District : | Tel Aviv | ||
| Founded : | 1921 | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 5 ' N , 34 ° 49' E | ||
| Height : | 37 m | ||
| Area : | 13.229 km² | ||
| Residents : | 159,159 (as of 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 12,031 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Community code : | 8600 | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
| Postal code : | 52001-52199 | ||
| Community type: | city | ||
| Mayor : | Carmel Shama | ||
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Ramat Gan ( Hebrew רמת גן"Gartenhöhe") is a city near Tel Aviv in Israel . Ramat Gan is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area in the Tel Aviv district and has 159,159 inhabitants (2018) .
General information
Ramat Gan was founded as an agricultural settlement ( moshaw ) in 1921. Over the years, more and more people came to this attractive, centrally located and very green area. The community has changed a lot as a result and has developed into an industrial and commercial city. In Ramat Gan there is a zoological garden called “Safari” which is home to more than thirty hippos and a herd of elephants with the world's best breeding successes for Asian elephants .
The Harry Oppenheimer Diamond Museum shows the history of diamond processing in Israel.
Today Ramat Gan is the location of the Israeli national football stadium , the second largest diamond exchange in the world, the Israel Diamond Exchange , and the tallest building in Israel, the 244 meter high City Gate . The Bar-Ilan University also has its headquarters in Ramat Gan.
mayor
- 1926–1969 - Avraham Krinitzi
- 1969–1983 - Yisrael Peled
- 1983-1989 - Uri Amit
- 1989-2013 - Zvi Bar
- 2013-2018 - Yisrael Zinger
- 2018– Carmel Shama
Sightseeing
The City Gate residential and office building in Ramat Gan is considered the tallest building in Israel.
Town twinning
The twin cities of Ramat Gan are
Known residents
Present
- Meron Mendel (* 1976), educator and director of the Anne Frank educational institution
- Silwan Schalom (* 1958), Israeli Foreign Minister (2003 to January 2006)
- Avi Primor (* 1935), Israeli diplomat, publicist
Former
- Ephraim Carlebach (1879–1936), rabbi and founder of the first Jewish school in Saxony
- Aharon Davidi (1927–2012), former brigadier general of the Israeli army and founder of its Sar-El volunteer program
- Abba Elchanan (1918–2008), Israeli architect
- Miriam Gillis-Carlebach (1922–2020), university professor
- Schmuel Gogol (1924–1993), Holocaust survivor, harmonica player and music teacher, founder of the Children's Harmonica Orchestra of Ramat Gan
- Leo Kahn (1894–1983), artist
- Ludwig Schwerin (1897–1983), painter and book illustrator
sons and daughters of the town
- Dalia Rabikovich (1936–2005), Israeli poet and peace activist
- Dieter Graumann (* 1950), from 2010 to 2014 Chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany
- Uri Adelman (1958-2004), Israeli thriller writer
- Etgar Keret (* 1967), Israeli writer
- Shai Agassi (* 1968), Israeli entrepreneur
- Michal Rozin (* 1969), Israeli politician
- Danny Danon (* 1971), Israeli politician
- Amir Katz (* 1973), Israeli pianist
- Aviv Geffen (* 1973), Israeli pop musician
- Tamar Zandberg (* 1976), Israeli politician
- Gidi Kanyuk (* 1993), football player
Web links
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 .
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
- ↑ On site: The tallest building in Israel. In: Israelnetz .de. January 4, 2019, accessed January 19, 2019 .