Rishon LeZion is a city in Israel on the central coastal plain, about 8 kilometers south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area and is the fifth-largest city in the country, with a 2024 population of 259,275. It was founded in 1882 by Jewish settlers from the Russian Empire who took part in the First Aliyah, and is considered the first settlement founded in Israel by the New Yishuv and the second Jewish agricultural settlement in Ottoman Syria in the nineteenth century, after Petah Tikva. Its name comes from a verse in the Book of Isaiah, and the municipality belongs to Forum 15, an association of Israeli cities that are financially independent of national development or balancing grants.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Rishon LeZion (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 258,535 (2022)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 31.95, longitude 34.8
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 40 m
P2046 (area)
area 59.0 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1882
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 258535 (2022)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Rishon LeTsiyyon - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 293703
31.97102 34.78939 P PPL IL 02 258535 56 Asia/Jerusalem
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 56 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 31.75, 34.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 31.75, 34.75
31.75 34.75 Csa
Rishon LeZion (Wikipedia)
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Rishon LeZion (Hebrew: רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן, lit.
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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