Place where Petah Tikva was founded existed as a village for a long time, immediately previously as a village called Mulabbis.
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Place where Petah Tikva was founded existed as a village for a long time, immediately previously as a village called Mulabbis.
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In 1878 the founders of Petah Tikva learned of the availability of land northeast of Jaffa near the village of Mulabes .
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In 1921, Petah Tikva was granted local council status by the British authorities.
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In 1927, Petah Tikva concluded a local peace treaty with the Arabs living nearby ; subsequently, Petah Tikva was untouched by the 1929 Palestine riots.
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In 1931 Ben Gurion wrote that Petah Tikva had 5000 inhabitants and employed 3000 Arab labourers.
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Petah Tikva is divided into 33 neighborhoods for municipal purposes.
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Over time, the extensive citrus groves that once ringed Petah Tikva have disappeared as real-estate developers acquired the land for construction projects.
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Petah Tikva is home to 300 educational institutions from kindergarten through high school, catering to the secular, religious and Haredi populations.
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Petah Tikva has seventeen public libraries, the main one located in the city hall building.
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The community of Petah Tikva is served by 300 synagogues, including the 120-year-old Great Synagogue, eight mikvaot and two major Haredi yeshivot, Lomzhe Yeshiva and Or-Yisrael .
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Petah Tikva has two cemeteries: Segula Cemetery, east of the city, and Yarkon Cemetery, to the northeast.
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