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Holon
Also known as Children's City
Holon (, ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area. In , it had a population of , making it the tenth most populous city in Israel. Holon has the second-largest industrial zone in Israel, after Haifa.
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Holon is a city south of Tel Aviv in Israel that is part of the greater Tel Aviv metropolitan area and ranks as the tenth most populous city in the country. The city is notable for having Israel's second-largest industrial zone, making it an important economic hub after Haifa.
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Place details
- Locality
- חולון
- Region
- מחוז תל אביב
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 196,282
- Timezone
Travel guide
Understand
The city's name comes from the Hebrew word for sand ("hol"), due to the sand dunes it is built on. It is also the name of a city in the Bible (Joshua 15:51), though nobody knows where exactly that city was.
Holon was founded in 1940 as a merger of existing 5 neighborhoods.
Though the city has a reputation as a boring working-class suburb, in the early 2010s, it developed a variety of museums and attractions quite disproportionate to its size. Some attractions are completely unique in Israel, like "Dialogue In The Dark", an activity in the Israeli Children's Museum where you perform activities in complete darkness to understand what life is like for blind people.
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.
Egged and Metropoline operate 3 internal bus lines (lines 4, 5, 22), and you can also take a bus headed for Tel Aviv or another part of the urban area.
Do
thumb|Children's museum in Holon
Buy
The city has a single shopping mall and some small outdoor shopping centers.
Sleep
There are no hotels in Holon. You can stay at a hotel in the neighboring cities Bat Yam and Tel Aviv.
Go next
Tel Aviv Bat Yam Rishon LeZion Ramla
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Local government
- Mayors
- Culture
- Museums and arts centers
- Samaritan community
- Health
- Transportation
- Education
- Sports
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Holon (, ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area. In , it had a population of , making it the tenth most populous city in Israel. Holon has the second-largest industrial zone in Israel, after Haifa.
==Etymology== The name of the city comes from the Hebrew word holon, meaning "(little) sand". The name Holon also appears in the Bible: "And Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs" (Book of Joshua 21:15).
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