Or Yehuda
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Or Yehuda is a city in the Tel Aviv District
Tel Aviv District
The Tel Aviv District is the smallest and most densely populated of six administrative districts of Israel with a population of 1.2 million residents...

 in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. 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.It is headed by a...

 (CBS), the city had a population of 32,200 at the end of 2007.

History

Or Yehuda is located where the biblical city of Kefar Ono used to stand.
Or Yehuda was established in 1950 on the site of former Arab village of Saqiya
Saqiya
Saqiya was a village in Palestine away from Jaffa, depopulated in 1948.-Location:The village was located east of Jaffa, above sea level, on uneven land in the central coastal plain...

, to settle Jews from Iraq and North Africa. In 1988, Or Yehuda was declared as a city. Or Yehuda and Milwaukee have been sister cities since 1978. 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 Ramat Pinkas , merged into Or Yehuda.

Demographics

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

Economy

Babylon Ltd.
Babylon (program)
Babylon is a computer dictionary and translation program for Microsoft Windows, developed by Babylon Ltd., an Israeli public company .-History:...

, a developer of online translation programs that holds the Guiness World Record for the highest number of downloads of a language solution software, is based in Or Yehuda.

In 2000, there were 10,281 salaried workers and 1,079 self-employed. The mean monthly wage for a salaried worker in the city was NIS 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. 598 people received unemployment benefits and 1,605 people received an income guarantee.

Education

In 2000, Or Yehuda had 14 schools and a student enrollment of 5,147 students (10 elementary schools with 2,894 students, and 6 high schools with 2,253 students. 55.7% of 12th graders were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001.

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