Ramat Gan

Sister cities

• London Borough of Barnet
• Mendoza
• Szombathely
• Marseille
• Phoenix
• Shenyang
• Rio de Janeiro
• Main-Kinzig-Kreis
• Weinheim
• Strasbourg
• Penza
• Kassel

History

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 and 1918. It stood just south of the Arab village of Jarisha. The settlement was initially a moshava, a Zionist agricultural colony that grew wheat, barley and watermelons. Over the years, the economy shifted from agriculture to commerce and industry. By 1946, the population had grown to 12,000. In 1955, it had a population of 55,000. The first mayor was Avraham Krinitzi who remained in office for 43 years. In 1961, the municipal area of Ramat Gan expanded eastward, to encompass the area that includes the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer and Bar Ilan University. In 1968, the world's largest diamond exchange opened in Ramat Gan. Nine buildings were destroyed, while hundreds of others were damaged at some level; approximately 100 residents were displaced from their homes due to the bombardment. On June 19, 22 people were injured due to a hit on the financial district with considerable material damage, with two of them seriously wounded. On 17 March, during the 2026 Iran War, a cluster munition from the warhead of an Iranian missile hit an apartment building killed two residents in their 70s, who were found just outside their safe room. A statement from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps called the barrage that killed the two civilians "revenge for the blood of martyr Dr. Ali Larijani and his companions," who had been killed a day before as the target of an Israeli airstrike.

Geography

Ramat Gan is located in the Gush Dan metropolitan area east of Tel Aviv. It is bounded in the north by the Yarkon River and in the east by Bnei Brak. Giv'atayim lies to the southwest. Ramat Gan experiences an average of of rainfall per year and is located, on average above sea level. Ramat Gan parks include The National Park (Park Leumi) which covers some 1,900 dunams, and David Park in the Merom Naveh neighborhood. 25% of Ramat Gan is covered by public parkland. Ramat Gan neighborhoods include: Shchunat Hageffen, City Center, Nachalat Ganim, Kiryat Krinitzi, Ramat Shikma, Ramat Yitzhak, Shchunat Rishonim, Tel Yehuda, Givat Geula, Neve Yehoshua, Kiryat Borochov, Merom Naveh, Ramat Amidar, Ramat Chen, Shikun Vatikim, Shchunat Hillel, Elite and Diamond Exchange District and Tel Binyamin.

Most-observed species

• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  15,390
• Common Myna

  Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  15,254
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  13,932
• Laughing Dove

  Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  12,410
• White-spectacled Bulbul

  Pycnonotus xanthopygos (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) · Aves
  12,113
• Rose-ringed Parakeet

  Psittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769) · Aves
  11,683
• Graceful Prinia

  Prinia gracilis (Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves
  11,077
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,847

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2023-02-07
  Dead Sea region
• M 3.7 — 2022-01-23
  4 km ENE of Kafr Mi?r, Israel
• M 4.1 — 2022-01-22
  4 km E of Taiyiba, Israel
• M 4.5 — 2020-02-06
  26 km W of Atlit, Israel
• M 4.7 — 2018-07-04
  2 km NNE of Giv‘at Avni, Israel
• M 4 — 2018-07-04
  1 km N of Giv‘at Avni, Israel