Petah Tikva , also known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Central District of Israel, 10.6 km east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Orthodox Jews of the Old Yishuv, and became a permanent settlement in 1883 with the financial help of Baron Edmond de Rothschild. In 2017 the city had a population of 240,357. Its population density is approximately 6,277 inhabitants per square kilometre . Its jurisdiction covers 35,868 dunams . Petah Tikva is part of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area.
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