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Ramat-Gan

Ramat Gan
  • רָמַת גַּן
  • رمات غان
Ramat Gan skyline, with the Moshe Aviv Tower and Diamond Exchange District
Ramat Gan skyline, with the Moshe Aviv Tower and Diamond Exchange District
Flag of Ramat Gan
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Ramat Gan is located in Israel
Ramat Gan
Ramat Gan
Coordinates: 32°05′N 34°49′E / 32.083°N 34.817°E / 32.083; 34.817Coordinates: 32°05′N 34°49′E / 32.083°N 34.817°E / 32.083; 34.817
Country  Israel
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: About this sound 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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