“Petah Tikva” (Hebrew for “Opening of Hope”)

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Petah Tikva is a major city in Israel, often considered the country’s first modern Jewish agricultural settlement and now an important industrial and residential center in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
locality in Israel ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
distanceFrom approximately 10 km east of Tel Aviv ⓘ
foundedAs Jewish agricultural settlement ⓘ
founders religious Jewish pioneers from Jerusalem ⓘ
gainedCityStatus 1937 ⓘ
governingBody Petah Tikva Municipality ⓘ
hasArabicName بيتاح تكفا ⓘ
hasEconomicSector high-tech industry ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
services ⓘ
hasEnglishName Petah Tikva ⓘ
hasHebrewName פתח תקווה ⓘ
hasLightRail Tel Aviv Light Rail Red Line ⓘ
linked to: Tel Aviv Light Rail
hasMajorHospital Beilinson Hospital ⓘ
Rabin Medical Center ⓘ
Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus city ⓘ
hasPrimaryReligion Judaism ⓘ
hasPublicTransport Israel Railways stations nearby ⓘ
hasRoadConnection Highway 4 ⓘ
Highway 5 ⓘ
hasSignificantPopulationGroup Jewish Israelis ⓘ
hasSisterCity Debrecen ⓘ
Freiburg im Breisgau ⓘ
Kiryat Motzkin ⓘ
Mönchengladbach ⓘ
Nantes ⓘ
Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ
Xi’an ⓘ
linked to: Xi'an
hasSportsClub Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. ⓘ
Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. ⓘ
headOfGovernment Mayor of Petah Tikva ⓘ
inception 1878 ⓘ
isConsidered first modern Jewish agricultural settlement in the Land of Israel ⓘ
isIndustrialCenter true ⓘ
isResidentialCenter true ⓘ
literalMeaning Opening of Hope ⓘ
locatedIn Central District, Israel ⓘ
locatedInRegion Sharon plain ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Israel Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNear Tel Aviv ⓘ
namedAfter Valley of Achor (biblical reference of hope) ⓘ
linked to: Valley of Achor
nicknamed Mother of the Settlements ⓘ
partOf Tel Aviv metropolitan area ⓘ
utcOffset +02:00 ⓘ
utcOffsetDST +03:00 ⓘ

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Petah Tikva → namedAfter → “Petah Tikva” (Hebrew for “Opening of Hope”) ⓘ
Mother of the Moshavot → historicalRoleOfReferent → Petah Tikva was among the first modern Jewish agricultural colonies in the Land of Israel ⓘ
linked to: “Petah Tikva” (Hebrew for “Opening of Hope”)