Ra'anana is an affluent city in the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel, founded in 1922 as an American Jewish settlement about one kilometer south of the village of Tabsur. It had a population of 82,964 in 2024, with a large share of Jewish immigrants from the Americas, Europe and South Africa alongside Israeli-born residents. The city's industrial park hosts global and local start-up companies, and it was designated a Green City by the World Health Organization in 2005.
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Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Ra'anana (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 74,000 (2018)
2. Ra'anana (Wikipedia)
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It was founded in 1922 as an American-Jewish settlement, c.1 km south of the village of Tabsur, where an important World War I battle had taken place four years previously.
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
4. GeoNames: Ra'anana - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 293807, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 293807, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
32.1836 34.87386 P PPL IL 02 75421 49 Asia/Jerusalem
Ra'anana (Wikipedia)
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