Herzliya is a city on Israel's central Mediterranean coast in the northern Tel Aviv District, with 110,884 residents in 2024, up from 105,273 in 2022. Founded in 1924 as a semi-cooperative farming settlement and named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, it grew from about 5,300 residents in 1948 to city status in 1960 when its population reached 25,000; known today for its startup and entrepreneurial culture, it includes the beachfront district of Herzliya Pituah, one of Israel's most affluent neighborhoods and home to foreign embassies and corporate headquarters, and the city has among Israel's highest median household incomes.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude32.155556 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Herzliya (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1924-01-01T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 95,100 (2018)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 32.155556, longitude 34.842222
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 20 m
P2046 (area)
area 21.585 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 95100 (2018)
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. GeoNames: Herzliya - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 294778
32.16627 34.82536 P PPL IL 05 97470 28 Asia/Jerusalem
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 28 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.25, 34.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.25, 34.75
32.25 34.75 Csa
Wikidata: Herzliya
Wikidata Q152491, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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