13 Facts About Ramat Gan

Ramat Gan is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.

Ramat Gan was established in 1921 as a moshav shitufi, a communal farming settlement.

Ramat Gan was established by the Ir Ganim association in 1921 as a satellite town of Tel Aviv.

In 1961, the municipal area of Ramat Gan expanded eastward, to encompass the area that includes the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer and Bar Ilan University.

Ramat Gan is located in the Gush Dan metropolitan area east of Tel Aviv.

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Ramat Gan parks include The National Park which covers some 1,900 dunams, and David Park in the Merom Naveh neighborhood.

Ramat Gan neighborhoods include: Shchunat Hageffen, City Center, Nachalat Ganim, Kiryat Krinitzi, Ramat Shikma, Ramat Yitzhak, Shchunat Rishonim, Tel Yehuda, Givat Geula, Neve Yehoshua, Kiryat Borochov, Merom Naveh, Ramat Amidar, Ramat Chen, Shikun Vatikim, Shchunat Hillel, Elite and Diamond Exchange District and Tel Binyamin.

Ramat Gan is an important center for industry and manufacturing with major fruit and vegetable canning plants, textile mills, metal production plants, electrical manufacturers, furniture makers, and food producers based here.

Ramat Gan is home to Israel's second largest university, Bar-Ilan University, with 24,000 students.

Ramat Gan has 112 synagogues, two yeshivot, and a Kabbalah Center.

Cultural venues in Ramat Gan include the Ramat Gan Theater, the Diamond Theater and the Russell Cultural Center.

Ramat Gan operates two cinemas complexes: the Lev-Elram Cinema and the "Yes Planet" megaplex.

Ramat Gan Stadium is Israel's national football stadium until 2014.