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Bat Yam
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Bat Yam is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, situated at an elevation of 20 meters. Established in 1926, it covers an area of 8.167 square kilometers and has a population of 146,400. The city shares borders with Tel Aviv, Holon, and Rishon LeZion. Hebrew is the official language, and the local government has been led by Shlomo Lahiani and Yehoshua Saguy.
The municipality uses postal codes ranging from 59100 to 59180 and operates in the UTC+02:00 and UTC+03:00 time zones. Bat Yam is twinned with Kragujevac, Livorno, Kutno, and Villeurbanne. Its official name is בת ים, and it is also referred to by the native label בַּת יָם.
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Place details
- Locality
- בת ים
- Region
- מחוז תל אביב
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 129,012
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- administrative territorial entity
- Official name
- בת ים
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Tel Aviv District
- Official language
- Hebrew
- Population
- 128800
- Area
- 8.167
- Elevation
- 20
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Rishon LeZion
- Official website
- www.bat-yam.muni.il
- Image
- City Park Bat Yam 05.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bat Yam
- topic's main category
- Category:Bat Yam
- twinned administrative body
- Antalya
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bat Yam
- Commons gallery
- Bat Yam
- postal code
- 59100–59180
- category for people born here
- Q30086943
- inception
- 1926-01-01
- native label
- בַּת יָם
- P12749
- Jim Clark
- P8168
- Broaden-and-build
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Travel guide
Understand
The city's name means "daughter of the sea" (which is the Hebrew term for "mermaid"), as it is on the coast between Tel Aviv and Rishon LeZion.
Get around
The city is small, and often you can get from place to place on foot. But in the summer heat, you'll want to take a bus, car, or taxi even for short distances.
Dan operates a single local bus line (Line 6) but it's more recommended to take a bus headed for Tel Aviv or another part of the urban area.
Do
The beaches are nice. Other than that, there is little of interest here.
Sleep
There are few hotels in the city. All of them located near the Promenade. Staying in these hotel is also recommended for who travel at Holon and Rishon LeZion that don't have hotels.
Go next
Holon is a neighbouring, similar city to Bat Yam, but has more sites of interest for tourists.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
32°01′N 34°45′E / 32.017°N 34.750°E / 32.017; 34.750
Bat Yam (Hebrew: בַּת יָם (audio)) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, on the Central Coastal Plain just south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area. In 2024, it had a population of 129,494.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bat Yam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.