Rishon LeZion

Rishon LeZion ( , lit. First tae Zion), is the fowert-lairgest ceety in Israel, locatit alang the central Israeli coastal plain 12 kilometers sooth o Tel Aviv. It is pairt o the Gush Dan metropolitan aurie. In  it haed a population o . Foondit in 1882 bi European Jewish immigrants, it wis the seicont Jewish farm colony established in Land o Israel in the 19t century, efter Petah Tikva.

Etymology
The name Rishon LeZion is derived frae a biblical verse: "First tae Zion are they, an A shall give herald tae Jerusalem"  (Book of Isaiah 41:27) an literally translates as the First tae Zion.

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

  Braşov, Romanie
  Debrecen, Hungary
  Gondar, Ethiopie
  Kiryat Shmona, Israel
  Heerenveen, Netherlands
  Lublin, Polandhttp://www.um.lublin.eu/en/index.php?t=200&id=40896 
  Lviv, Ukraine
  Essex Coonty, Unitit States
  Münster, Germany  Nîmes, Fraunce (1986)
  Prince Georges Cointy, Unitit States
  Prešov, Slovakie (2008)
  Saunt Petersburg, Roushie
  Teramo, Italy
  Tianjin, Cheenae

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Category:Jewish veelages in the Ottoman Empire
Category:Populatit places established in 1882
Category:Ceeties in Central Destrict (Israel)
Category:1882 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
Category:1882 in Ottoman Sirie