Herzliya

Herzliya () is a city in the central coast o Israel, at the wastren pairt o the Tel Aviv Destrict. In  it haed a population o . 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 
  Alicante, Spain
  Banská Bystrica, Slovakie (since 1995) 
  Beverly Hills, California, USA 
  Bursa, Turkey
  Columbus, Ohio, USA  Dnipro, Ukraine
  San Bernardino, Californie, USA
  Funchal, Portugal
  Gold Coast, Australia
  Hollywood, Florida, USA  Marl, Germany
  San Isidro, Argentina
  Toulon, Fraunce
  Yangzhou, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae

 References 


Category:Sharon plain
Category:Ceeties in Tel Aviv Destrict
Category:1924 establishments in Mandatory Palestine
Category:Populatit places established in 1924