 | Rishon LeZion (Hebrew: רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן About this sound(audio) (help·info), lit. First to Zion) is the fourth largest city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain 8 km (5 mi) south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area. Founded in 1882 by Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire, it was the second Jewish farm settlement established in the land of Israel in the 19th century, after Petah Tikva. In 2017, it was declared the fourth largest city in Israel w
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