Ramat Gan National Park ( he, הפארק הלאומי, ''HaPark HaLe'umi'') is a large

urban park An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to resi ...

in the

Tel Aviv District The Tel Aviv District ( he, מָחוֹז תֵּל אָבִיב; ar, منطقة تل أبيب) is the smallest and most densely populated of the six administrative districts of Israel with a population of 1.35 million residents. It is 98.9% Jewi ...

city of

Ramat Gan Ramat Gan ( he, רָמַת גַּן or , ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, and many ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. It is not actually a

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History

The initiator of the idea of setting up the park was the first mayor of Ramat Gan

Avraham Krinitzi Avraham Krinitzi, sometimes spelled Krinizi, ( he, אברהם קריניצי; 26 December 1886 – 13 November 1969) was an Israeli politician who served as the first mayor of Ramat Gan between 1926 and 1969. At archive.org: (limited access). ...

who actively promoted the idea. Krinitzi advocated for setting it in the southern part of the city. He is also buried there with his wife and driver, who all died in a car accident together on their way back from the city of

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, where he was also the Mayor at the time. The planting began in February 1951 and the park opened to the public in 1953. In 1959, an artificial lake was created, which was enlarged throughout the years. The park covers an area of 1.9 km². It is the second largest urban park in Israel, after the

Yarkon Park Yarkon Park ( he, פארק הירקון, ''Park HaYarkon'') is a large park in Tel Aviv, Israel, with about sixteen million visits annually. Named after the Yarkon River which flows through it, the park includes extensive lawns, sports faciliti ...

. The park attracts 700-800 thousand visitors annually.Ramat Gan municipality
/ref> The Ramat Gan Safari is adjacent to the park. Recently, a waterfall was added to the park as an expansion to the lake.

References

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