Petach Tikva 

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General facts

  • Petach Tikva - City of Hope and Mother of the settlements
  • Founded in 1867- Around 20,000 people at the time
  • 1937 - Received the status of a city
  • Population : Around 180,000 people
  • Area of jurisdiction : is 39 sq.km.
  • Most industrialized city in Israel
  • Over 2,000 enterprises
  • Language : Hebrew
  • Mayor Yitzhak Ohayon

Society

Around fifteen thousand children and youth, 22 student houses and 12 municipal youth centers. Almost 4,000 holiday-makers take part in the municipal leisure programs.

School for youth instruction with 1,000 pupils. 35 regional groups in the realms of song, movement and drama. Around 600 children and youth are active in the framework of the groups.

Services

A wide ranged system of social services is active in Petach-Tikva- for the individual, the family and the community, and for the mentally disabled. The department for social services activates many volunteer groups in aiding the needs of its citizens.
Special unit at the municipality for new immigrants assists new immigrants in finding jobs as well as housing.

Empire of Health

Petach-tikva is the largest health center in the hospitals "Beilinson", Geha", Hasharon", Beth Rivka", for geriatrics, Ramat Marpe" Institute for medical research of the General Health Insurance, and the crown jewel: The Schneider Centre for Pediatric medicine in Israel 17 stations for family health.

Education

  • More than 300 institutions from kindergarten to high schools.
  • Number of Pupils 43,000
  • Number of Teachers 2,400

    • Cultural Institutions:

    Yad Labanim Museum
    The Museum of Man and his environment
    17 Libraries are scattered in different areas of the city.