Givat Shmuel
Giv'at Shmuel
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| • ISO 259 | Gibˁat Šmuˀel | |
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 Giv'at Shmuel
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| Coordinates: 32°4′41.23″N 34°50′51.22″E / 32.0781194°N 34.8475611°ECoordinates: 32°4′41.23″N 34°50′51.22″E / 32.0781194°N 34.8475611°E | ||
| District | Central | |
| Founded | 1944 | |
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| • Type | City (from 2007) | |
| • Mayor | Yossi Brodny (Likud) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2,579 dunams (2.579 km2 or 637 acres) | |
| Population (2015) | ||
| • Total | 25,298 | |
Giv'at Shmuel (Hebrew: גִּבְעַת שְׁמוּאֵל, English: Samuel's Hill) is a city in the Center District of Israel. It is located in the eastern part of the Gush Dan Metropolitan Area and bordered by Ramat Gan and Bnei Brak to the West, Kiryat Ono to the South and Petah Tikva to the East and North. In 2015 it had a population of 25,298.
Givat Shmuel was named for the Romanian Zionist leader Samuel Pineles, founder and president of the Zionist Congress in Focşani and Vice-President of the First Zionist Congress in Basel. On November 5, 2007, the Israeli Minister of Interior accepted a committee recommendation to change the municipal status of Giv'at Shmuel to 'city'.
Giv'at Shmuel is home to Israel's largest community of lone immigrants, at approximately 950 students, young professionals, and newly married couples. It also has the highest rate of "successful aliyah" - the amount of immigrants who stay in Israel after 5 years - in the country. Since 2013, Nefesh B'Nefesh has organized various events and activities, and works with the local authorities to expand programming. The GSC - Givat Shmuel Community (R.A.)] was formed, creating an infrastructural backbone for English-speaking activities in the area.
In 2012-2013, 81.5% of the high school students in Givat Shmuel completed their bagrut exams. Adjacent to the South-Western edge of Giv'at Shmuel is the campus of Bar Ilan University. While technically in Ramat Gan, the campus has been expanding in recent years to the effect that it now separates the southern Ramat Ilan neighbourhood of Giv'at Shmuel from the rest of the city.
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