Petah Tikva (, "Doorway to Hope") known as Em Hamoshavot ("Mother of the Colonies"), is a city in the
Center District of
Israel, north-east of
Tel Aviv. Petah Tikva's jurisdiction covers 39,000 dunams (39 km² or 15 mi²). The population density is 4,600 people per km². According to the
Central Bureau of Statistics, as of
September 30,
2006, the city's population stood at 182,800, growing at an annual rate of 2.6%.
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