Rehovot

Rechovot רְחוֹבוֹת‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Rḥobot
Rechovot
Coordinates: 31°53′52.67″N 34°48′29.24″E / 31.8979639°N 34.8081222°E / 31.8979639; 34.8081222Coordinates: 31°53′52.67″N 34°48′29.24″E / 31.8979639°N 34.8081222°E / 31.8979639; 34.8081222
Destrict	Central
Foondit	1890
Govrenment
• Teep	Ceety
• Mayor	Rahamim Malul
Area
• Total	23.041 km2 (8.896 sq mi)
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	132,671
• Density	5,800/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Name meanin	Broad Places[2]
Website	www.rehovot.muni.il

Rehovot (Hebrew: רְחוֹבוֹת‬) is a ceety in the Center Destrict o Israel, aboot 20 km sooth o Tel Aviv. In 2015 it haed a population o 132,671.

Rehovot wis biggit on the steid o Doron, a Jewish community that existit in the time o the Mishna. The steid wis an aa the location o Khirbet Duran, populatit durin the Roman, Byzantine an early Arab periods. The ceety is named efter a biblical toun o the same name (Rehoboth in the KJV Bible), whilk stuid at a different location, in the Negev Desert.

1. ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
2. ↑ Frae Genesis 26:22. Wird stems frae raḥav (רחב), meanin broad.