Holon
Holon
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| • ISO 259 | Ḥolon | ||
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| Coordinates: 32°01′N 34°46′E / 32.017°N 34.767°ECoordinates: 32°01′N 34°46′E / 32.017°N 34.767°E | |||
| District | Tel Aviv | ||
| Founded | 1936 | ||
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| • Type | City (from 1950) | ||
| • Mayor | Moti Sasson (Labor) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 18,927 dunams (18.927 km2 or 7.308 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 188,834 | ||
| Name meaning | (Little) sand | ||
| Website | holon.muni.il | ||
Holon (Hebrew: חוֹלוֹן 
(audio) ; Arabic: حولون) is a city on the central coastal strip south of Tel Aviv, Israel. Holon is part of the metropolitan Gush Dan area. In 2015 it had a population of 188,834. Holon has the second-largest industrial zone in Israel, after Haifa.
The name of the city comes from the Hebrew word holon, meaning "(little) sand". The name Holon also appears in the Bible: "And Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs" (Book of Joshua, 21:15).
Holon was founded on sand dunes six kilometers (3.7 miles) from Tel Aviv in 1935. The Łódzia textile factory was established there by Jewish immigrants from Łódź, Poland, along with many other industrial enterprises. In the early months of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Holon was on the front line, with constant shooting taking place on the border with the village of Tel A-Rish to its northwest—a suburb of Arab Jaffa—and clashes also in the direction of the town of Yazur to the east. An attack by the Holon-based Haganah militia units on Tel A-Rish was repulsed with considerable losses.
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