Sister Cities of the World

Sister cities of Rishon LeZion

Rishon LeZion (Hebrew: רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן  (audio) , lit. First to Zion), is the fourth-largest city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain 8 km (5 mi) south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area.

The city had a population of 228,200 at the end of 2009. Founded in 1882 by Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, it was the second Jewish farm settlement established in Land of Israel in the 19th century, after Petah Tikva.

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