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Place details
- Locality
- אור עקיבא
- Region
- מחוז חיפה
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 18,972
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Israel
- District
- Haifa
- Subdistrict
- Hadera
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Body
- Municipality of Or Akiva
- Mayor
- Simha Yosifov ( Likud )
- Total
- 3,539 dunams (3.539 km ; 1.366 sq mi)
- Density
- 7,325/km (18,970/sq mi)
- Jews and others
- 99.5%
- Arabs
- 0.5%
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( IST )
- Summer dst
- UTC+3 ( IDT )
- Name meaning
- Light of Akiva
- Website
- oraqiva.muni.il
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city council
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Hadera Subdistrict
- Population
- 18200
- Area
- 3.539
- Elevation
- 16
- Official website
- www.oraqiva.muni.il/Pages/default.aspx
- Image
- Israel by Jim Greenhill 100526-A-3715G-0961 (4643198024).jpg
Show 5 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Miami
- Commons category
- Or Akiva
- inception
- 1951-01-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Or Akiva
- P12749
- Vercelli
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Or Akiva (Hebrew: אור עקיבא, lit. 'Light of Akiva') is a city in the Haifa District of Israel, on the country's coastal plain. It is located inland from the ancient port city of Caesarea and the Mediterranean Sea, and to the north of the city of Hadera. It is 39 kilometres (24 miles) south of Haifa and 48 km (30 mi) north of Tel Aviv. In 2024 it had a population of 25,922.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Or Akiva” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.