Ramat-Gan
Ramat Gan
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Ramat Gan skyline, with the Moshe Aviv Tower and Diamond Exchange District
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 Ramat Gan
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| Coordinates: 32°05′N 34°49′E / 32.083°N 34.817°ECoordinates: 32°05′N 34°49′E / 32.083°N 34.817°E | |||
| Country |
 Israel
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| District | Tel Aviv | ||
| Founded | 1921 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | City (from 1950) | ||
| • Mayor | Yisrael Zinger | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 12,214 dunams (12.214 km2 or 4.716 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 152,596 | ||
| Name meaning | Garden Heights | ||
| Website | www.ramat-gan.muni.il | ||
Ramat Gan (Hebrew: 
רָמַת גַּן; Arabic: رمات غان) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of Tel Aviv. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, and many high-tech industries.
Ramat Gan was established in 1921 as a moshava, a communal farming settlement, and in 2015 it had a population of 152,596. The mayor of Ramat Gan is Yisrael Zinger.
Ramat Gan was established by the Ir Ganim association in 1921 as a satellite town of Tel Aviv. The first plots of land were purchased between 1914–1918. The settlement was initially a moshava, a Zionist agricultural colony that grew wheat, barley and watermelons. The name of the settlement was changed to Ramat Gan (lit: Garden Height) in 1923. The settlement continued to operate as a moshava until 1933, although it achieved local council status in 1926. At this time it had 450 residents. In the 1940s, Ramat Gan became a battleground in the country's language war: A Yiddish language printing press in Ramat Gan was blown up by Hebrew-language extremists.
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