Kfar Shmaryahu

Kfar Shmaryahu
  • כְּפַר שְׁמֵרְיָהוּ
  • كفر شمرياهو
Hebrew transcription(s)
  ISO 259 Kpar Šmaryahu

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Kfar Shmaryahu
Coordinates: 32°11′5.88″N 34°49′12.45″E / 32.1849667°N 34.8201250°E / 32.1849667; 34.8201250Coordinates: 32°11′5.88″N 34°49′12.45″E / 32.1849667°N 34.8201250°E / 32.1849667; 34.8201250
District Tel Aviv
Founded 1937
Government
  Type Local council
  Head of Municipality Dror Aloni
Area
  Total 2,570 dunams (2.57 km2 or 640 acres)
Population (2006)
  Total 1,800
Location of Kfar Shmaryahu in the Tel Aviv District

Kfar Shmaryahu (Hebrew: כְּפַר שְׁמֵרְיָהוּ, Arabic: كفر شمرياهو) is a local council in Israel, within the Tel Aviv District. The council was founded in 1937, during the Fifth Aliyah to Israel.[1] The village is named after Shmaryahu Levin (1867–1935), a Russian-born Palestinian-Jewish Zionist leader.

Originally an agricultural community Kfar Shmaryahu became an affluent suburb of Tel Aviv. It is ranked very highly on the Israeli socio-economic scale (10 out of 10).[2] According to Yedioth Ahronoth, Kfar Shmaryahu's municipality annually spends NIS 8,700 per resident, a figure higher than Tel Aviv and over twice as high as Jerusalem.[3]

Notable residents

References

  1. "Village history". kfar-shemaryahu.muni.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2006-11-24.
  2. Haaretz.com Richest Towns in Israel http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/the-richest-towns-savyon-kfar-shmaryahu-omer-1.4808
  3. "Investing in You". Yedioth Ahronoth - Mamon. 2008-02-12. p. 1.

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