See soorce fer Petah Tikva

{{Infobox Israel municipality
|name=Petah Tikva
|emblem=Coat of arms of Petah-Tiqua.svg
|emblem_type=Emblem of Petah Tikva
|image_skyline=Peta Tikwa.jpg
|image_caption=
|hebname={{lang-he-a|פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה|Petah tikva3.ogg}}
|arname=
|meaning=Openin o hope
| coordinates = {{coord|32|05|19.78|N|34|53|10.8|E|region:IL|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|founded=1878
|type=city
|typefrom=1937
|altOffSp=Petah Tiqwa
|altUnoSp=Petach Tikvah
|district=center
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Petah Tiqwa}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
|area_dunam=35868
|mayor=Yitzhak Ohayon
}}
'''Petah Tikva''' ({{lang-he-n|פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה}}, "Openin o Hope") kent as ''Em HaMoshavot'' ("Mither o the ''[[Moshava|Moshavot]]''"), is a ceety in the [[Center Destrict (Israel)|Center District]] o [[Israel]], 10.6&nbsp;km, or 6.6 mile east o [[Tel Aviv]]. Petah Tikva's jurisdiction covers 35,868 [[dunam]]s (~35.9&nbsp;km² or 15 sq&nbsp;mi). The population density is approximately 5,800 inhabitants per square kilometre. In {{Israel populations|Year}} the ceety haed a population o {{Israel populations|Petah Tiqwa}}.

== 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."
[[File:PT-Haim Ozwe3.jpg|thumb|left|Haim-Ozer Street, the ceety's main street]]
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]].

== Internaitional relations ==
{{See an aa|Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Israel}}
=== Twin touns — Sister ceeties ===
Petah Tikva is [[twin touns an sister ceeties|twinned]] wi:
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*{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]''', [[Unitit States]]
*{{flagicon|Canada}} '''[[Laval, Quebec]]''', [[Canadae]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[Koblenz]]''', [[Germany]]
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} '''[[Odense Municipality]]''', [[Denmark]]
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*{{flagicon|Norway}} '''[[Trondheim]]''', [[Norawa]] <small>''(syne 1975)''<ref name="Trondheim">[http://www.trondheim.com/content.ap?thisId=93081934 Trondheims offisielle nettsted - Vennskapsbyer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221223208/http://www.trondheim.com/content.ap?thisId=93081934 |date=2012-02-21 }}</ref></small>
*{{flagicon|Romania}} '''[[Bacau]]''', [[Romanie]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Rio de Janeiro]]''', [[Brazil]]
*{{flagicon|Turkey}} '''[[Kadıköy]]''', [[Turkey]]
|}

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[[Category:Populatit places established in 1878]]
[[Category:Ceeties in Central Destrict (Israel)]]