Herzliya

Herzliya (Hebrew: הֶרְצְלִיָּה‬) is a city in the central coast o Israel, at the wastren pairt o the Tel Aviv Destrict. In 2015 it haed a population o 91,926. Named efter Theodor Herzl, the foonder o modren Zionism, Herzliya covers ae area o 26 km². At its wastren municipal mairhces is Herzliya Pituah, ane o Israel's maist affluent destricts, hame tae ambassadors, furren diplomats an businessmen. History Herzliya, named efter Theodor Herzl, wis foondit in 1924 as a semi-cooperative farmin community (moshava) wi a mixed population o new immigrants an veteran residents. Efter the establishment o the state in 1948, lairge numbers o immigrants settled there. In 1960, whan the population reached 25,000, Herzliya wis declared a city. Demographics Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics, residents o Herzliya are amang the maist weal in Israel. In 2003–2005, average monthly salaries wur NIS 8,211, or aboot NIS 1,500 abuin average in a survey o Israel's 15 maistmuckle cities. Housomeivver, there is a muckle gap atween the ceety's seiven wirkin class neeburheids, amang them Yad Tisha, Neve Yisrael an Neve Amal, an upscale Herzliya Pituah. The population is aulder nor that o ither cities in the Sharon region: 18% are unner 14 year auld, compared tae a naitional average o 27.5%. Education an cultur In a quality o life survey in 2008, Herzliya ranked seicont heichest amang Israel's 15 maistmuckle cities. Investment in education wis heicher than aw ither cities in the survey an mair hie schuil students wur eligible for a bagrut matriculation certificate. The Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center is a private college that affers unnergraduate an graduate degrees in govrenment, business administration, law, computer science an ither academic disciplines. Israel's mucklest telly an film studio, Herzliya Studios (Ulpanei Herzliya), is locatit in Herzliya. The Herzliya Marina wis built in the 1970s. The city haes a sma airport (code: HRZ), three shopping malls (Arena Mall, Seven Stars Mall an the Outlet), movie theatres, museums, cultural centres an a stadium. In 2008, the Herzliya Cinematheque appent in the dountoun area o the city. Local govrenment In a 2008 survey o 15 Israeli cities, Herzliya ranked seicont in fiscal management. The Herzliya municipality endit 2006 wi a sizeable budget surplus. Mayors Avraham Raphael Hirsch, 1937–1938 Shimon ("Poppy") Levin, 1938–1943 Ben Zion Michaeli, 1943–1960 Pesah Yifher, 1960–1966 Interim council led bi Natan Rosenthal, 1966–1967 Yosef Nevo, 1969–1983 Eli Landau, 1983–1998 (Likud) Yael German, 1998–present (Meretz) Sports The city haes twa fitbaw clubs, Maccabi Herzliya an Hapoel Herzliya, baith o wha are based at the 7,100-capacity Herzliya Municipal Stadium. Baith teams currently play in Liga Leumit. The Bnei HaSharon basketbaw club plays its gemms in Herzliya an Ra'anana (the club wis formed bi a merger o the Herzliya an Ra'anana teams). Herzliya is ane o the centres o rugby union in Israel. Internaitional relations Twin touns - Sister cities References