Petah Tikva

Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva; פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה‬ (help·info)‎;
Hebrew transcription(s)
• Forby spelt	Petah Tiqwa (offeecial); Petach Tikvah (unoffeecial)
	Emblem of Petah Tikva
	Petah Tikva
	Coordinates: 32°05′19.78″N 34°53′10.8″E / 32.0888278°N 34.886333°ECoordinates: 32°05′19.78″N 34°53′10.8″E / 32.0888278°N 34.886333°E
Destrict	Central
Foondit	1878
Govrenment
• Teep	Ceety (frae 1937)
• Mayor	Yitzhak Ohayon
Area
• Total	35.868 km2 (13.849 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	230,984
• Density	6,400/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
Name meanin	Openin o hope

Petah Tikva (Hebrew: פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה‬, "Openin o Hope") kent as Em HaMoshavot ("Mither o the Moshavot"), is a ceety in the Center District o Israel, 10.6 km, or 6.6 mile east o Tel Aviv. Petah Tikva's jurisdiction covers 35,868 dunams (~35.9 km² or 15 sq mi). The population density is approximately 5,800 inhabitants per square kilometre. In 2015 the ceety haed a population o 230,984.

Etymology

The name o Petah Tikva wis chosen bi its foonders in 1878 frae the prophecy o Hosea (2:17), "An A will give her vineyards frae thence, an the Valley o Achor for an openin o hope: an she shall sang there, as in the days o her youth, an as in the day when she came up oot o the land o Egyp."

Petah Tikva's emblem appears on a postage stamp designed bi Yitzhak Goldenhirsch, a foondin member o Petah Tikva. The plow seembolizes Petah Tikva's oreegins as an agricultural settlement, the field seembolizes the dryin o the Yarkon River swamps an cultivation o the land, an the orange tree seembolizes Petah Tikva's citrus industry, stairtin wi the first tree plantit bi Rabbi Arye Leib Frumkin.