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]] Or Yehuda is a city in the Tel Aviv District
Tel Aviv District

The Tel Aviv District is one of Districts of Israel of Israel with a population of 1.2 million residents. It is 99.0% Jewish and 1.0% Arab . The district's capital is Tel Aviv and the metropolitan area created by the Tel Aviv district and its neighboring cities is named Gush Dan....
 in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics

The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , abbreviated CBS, is an Israeli government office established in 1949 to carry out research and publish statistical data on all aspects of Israeli life, including population, society, economy, industry, education and physical infrastructure....
 (CBS), at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 32,200.

ehuda was established in 1950, on the site of former Arab village of Saqiya, to settle new Jewish immigrants expelled from Arab countries. In 1988, Or Yehuda was declared as a city. The city is now known for its proximity to the international Israeli airport of Ben Gurion.






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]] Or Yehuda is a city in the Tel Aviv District
Tel Aviv District

The Tel Aviv District is one of Districts of Israel of Israel with a population of 1.2 million residents. It is 99.0% Jewish and 1.0% Arab . The district's capital is Tel Aviv and the metropolitan area created by the Tel Aviv district and its neighboring cities is named Gush Dan....
 in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics

The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , abbreviated CBS, is an Israeli government office established in 1949 to carry out research and publish statistical data on all aspects of Israeli life, including population, society, economy, industry, education and physical infrastructure....
 (CBS), at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 32,200.

History

Or Yehuda was established in 1950, on the site of former Arab village of Saqiya, to settle new Jewish immigrants expelled from Arab countries. In 1988, Or Yehuda was declared as a city. The city is now known for its proximity to the international Israeli airport of Ben Gurion. Or Yehuda is located where the biblical city of Kefar Ono used to stand.

In 2008, part of the Ef'al Regional Council
Ef'al Regional Council

Ef'al was a Regional council in Israel, in the Tel Aviv District which existed from 1950 until 2008 when it was liquidated and most its area was annexed to the neighbouring cities of Ramat Gan, Kiryat Ono and Or Yehuda....
, including the village Ramat Pinkas , merged into Or Yehuda.

Demographics

According to CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city was 100.0% Jew
Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish and other non-Arab, with no significant Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 population. There are 80 immigrants. See Population groups in Israel.

According to CBS, in 2001 there were 13,900 males and 14,000 females. The population of the city was spread out with 34.6% 19 years of age or younger, 17.7% between 20 and 29, 20.5% between 30 and 44, 15.8% from 45 to 59, 3.1% from 60 to 64, and 8.2% 65 years of age or older. The population growth rate in 2001 was 3.4%.

Income

According to CBS, as of 2000, in the city there were 10,281 salaried workers and 1,079 are self-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried worker in the city is ILS 5,069, a real change of 10.8% over the course of 2000. Salaried males have a mean monthly wage of ILS 6,220 (a real change of 8.9%) versus ILS 3,901 for females (a real change of 12.9%). The mean income for the self-employed is 6,638. There are 598 people who receive unemployment benefits and 1,605 people who receive an income guarantee.

Education

According to CBS, there are 14 schools and 5,147 students in the city. They are spread out as 10 elementary schools and 2,894 elementary school students, and 6 high schools and 2,253 high school students. 55.7% of 12th grade students were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001.

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