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| Type | Urban park |
| Location | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Coordinates | 32°06′00″N 34°48′36″E / 32.10000°N 34.81000°E |
| Area | 3.5 km² |
| Established | 1951, Opened 1973 |
| Operated by | Tel Aviv municipality |
| Visitors | 16 million |
| Status | Open all year |
Yarkon Park (Hebrew: פארק הירקון, Park HaYarkon) is a park in Tel Aviv, Israel, with about sixteen million visits annually.[1] Named after the Yarkon River, which flows through it, the park includes extensive lawns, sports facilities, botanical gardens, an aviary, a water park, two outdoor concert venues and lakes. The park covers an area of 3.5 km². At 375 hectares, it is slightly larger than Central Park in New York and double the size of Hyde Park in London.[2]
- ^ Park Hayarkon – the Central Park of Tel Aviv [dead link]
- ^ Alon-Mozes, Tal; Gilad-Ilsar, Shirili (2020-01-02). "Modern park for a modern city: planning Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park during the 1960s-1970s". Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes. 40 (1): 80–94. doi:10.1080/14601176.2019.1671055. ISSN 1460-1176. S2CID 211653497.