Kiryat Ono
קִרְיַת אוֹנוֹ | |
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City (from 1992) | |
| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Qiryat ʔono |
| • Also spelled | Qiryat Ono (official) |
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| Coordinates: 32°03′49″N 34°51′19″E / 32.06361°N 34.85528°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District |  Tel Aviv |
| Founded | 1939 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michal Rozenshine |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,112 dunams (4.112 km2 or 1.588 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
| • Total | 43,241 |
| • Density | 11,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Kiryat Ono (Hebrew: קִרְיַת אוֹנוֹ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel. It is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) east of Tel Aviv. In 2022 it had a population of 43,241.[1]
Modern Kiryat Ono is adjacent to the biblical Ono, which was located in what is now the area of Or Yehuda.[2] The city also took its name from the Palestinian village of Kafr 'Ana, which took its name from Ono, a biblical town of Benjamin.
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Walid Khalidi, All that Remains, Washington, D.C. 1992, pp. 247-248; Carta's Official Guide to Israel, Jerusalem 1983, p. 358.