Holon

Holon

חוֹלוֹן‎
Holon חוֹלוֹן‎
City (from 1950)
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Ḥolon
	Flag Coat of Arms
	Holon Holon
	Coordinates: 32°01′N 34°46′E / 32.017°N 34.767°E
Country	Israel
District	Tel Aviv
Founded	1936
Government
• Mayor	Shay Keinan (Likud)
Area
• Total	18,927 dunams (18.927 km2 or 7.308 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	197,957
• Density	10,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi)
Name meaning	(Little) sand
Website	www.holon.muni.il

Holon (Hebrew: חוֹלוֹן [χoˈlon] ^ⓘ) is a city on the central coastal strip of Israel, south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the metropolitan Gush Dan area. In 2022 it had a population of 197,957,^[1] making it the tenth most populous city in Israel. Holon has the second-largest industrial zone in Israel, after Haifa.^[2] Its jurisdiction is 19,200 dunams and its population is about 194,273 residents as of 2018 according to CBS data.^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
^ Mandic, Asja; Roberts, Patrick (2012). Museum Education in Times of Radical Social Change: Journal of Museum Education 37:3 Thematic Issue. Taylor & Francis Group. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-61132-821-9. Archived from the original on May 29, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ ""יישובים/חולון"". Archived from the original on May 29, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.

[Israelpopulations-1] "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved March 21, 2024.

[2] Mandic, Asja; Roberts, Patrick (2012). Museum Education in Times of Radical Social Change: Journal of Museum Education 37:3 Thematic Issue. Taylor & Francis Group. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-61132-821-9. Archived from the original on May 29, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2020.

[3] ""יישובים/חולון"". Archived from the original on May 29, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.

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