Giv'atayim

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Giv'atayim (Hebrew גִּבְעָתַיִם, Standard Hebrew Givʻatáyim) is a city in Israel It is located just east of Tel Aviv, and is a part of the metropolis known as Gush Dan in the Tel Aviv District. It has about 55,000 residents. Its name means "Two Hills" in Hebrew, as the heart of the city is located between two hills. It was founded in 1922.

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History

On the second of April 1922 the cornerstone of Borochov neighborhood, the first neighborhood. The number of settlers in its start was 100. Borochov neighborhood is named after Dov Bar Borochov, one of the jewish labor parties' leader and the founder of the labor party "Poalei Zion". Borochov neighborhood was the first labor neighborhood in Israel. In the course of time, the rest of the neighborhoods were founded: Shenkin (1936), Givat Rambam (1933), Kiryat Yosef (1934), Arlozorov (1936) and Train Labors. Because of the heavy burden in the British Mandate, it was decided on uniting all the neighborhoods together, and they were proclaimed as local council in August 1942. Later it was proclaimed as a city. Givʻatayim is currently twinned with Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA and Harbin, People's Republic of China.