Name of City/municipality: Petah Tikva
Population: 247,956
Area: 35.868 km2
Petah Tikva “Opening of Hope”), also known as Em HaMoshavot (“Mother of the Moshavot”), is a city in the Central District of Israel, 10.6 km east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Orthodox Jews of the Old Yishuv, and became a permanent settlement in 1883.
Name of Mayor: Rami Greenberg
Contact: Ms. Eliana Sobol: elianas@ptikva.org.il
Website: www.petah-tikva.muni.il
Main features:
Petah Tikva (Opening of Hope), also known as Em HaMoshavot (“Mother of the Moshavot”), is a city in the Central District of Israel, 10.6 km east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Orthodox Jews of the Old Yishuv, and became a permanent settlement in 1883.
Main economic activities:
Petah Tikva is the second largest industrial sector in Israel after the northern city of Haifa. The industry is divided into three zones—Kiryat Aryeh, Kiryat Matalon, and Segula, and includes textiles, metalwork, carpentry, plastics, processed foods, tires and other rubber products, and soap.
Numerous high-tech companies and start-ups have moved into the industrial zones of Petah Tikva, which now house the Israeli headquarters for the Oracle Corporation, IBM, Intel, Alcatel-Lucent, ECI Telecom, and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals. The largest data center in Israel, operated by the company TripleC, is also located in Petah Tikva.
Environmental conditions and challenges:
Petah Tikva is 50m above sea level. Petah Tikva is influenced by the local steppe climate. During the year, there is little rainfall in Petah Tikva. The average annual temperature is 20.5 °C | 69.0 °F in Petah Tikva. About 314 mm | 12.4 inch of precipitation falls annually.
Petah Tikva is considered as a pollution-sensitive area in the country.