Rosh HaAyin (Hebrew : רֹאשׁ הָעַיִן , lit. '"fountainhead"', Hebrew pronunciation: [ˌʁoʃ (h)aˈ(ʔ)ajin] , Arabic : روش هاعين ) is a city in the Central District of Israel. To the west of Rosh HaAyin is the fortress of Antipatris and the source of the Yarkon River . To the southeast is the fortress of Migdal Afek (Migdal Tzedek). In 2017, it had a population of 50,453.[1]
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), in 2018, the ethnic make-up of the city was 97.9% Jewish , with a predominant number of young people below the age of 19. The population growth rate was 9.7% at the end of 2019.[2]
Religion in Rosh HaAyin[3]
Others (2.9%)
Gal Gadot Nadav Argaman (born 1960), former head of Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency)
Gal Gadot (born 1985), actress, producer, model, and former Miss Israel
Benny Gantz (born 1959), former Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces ; now a politician serving as Minister of Defense
Odelya Halevi (born 1989), actress
Yishai Levi (born 1963), singer
Entrance of Rosh HaAyin city
A close look at Khalat-as-Sahrij
Hurvat Teena a Archaeological Site
Khibet Umm el-Hamam, a ruin on southern outskirts of Rosh Ha-Ayin, Israel.
A stone structure with water at Hurvat Teena
Rosh HaAyin Forest
Albom Synagogue at Rosh HaAyin, Petah Tikva (sub-district), Central District, Israel
Afek Tower in Rosh HaAyin.
A pavilion left over from the British military, (now, Yemenite Jewish heritage house).
Lake of Sounds, in Rosh HaAyin
Aerial view of Rosh HaAyin, (2017)
War Memorial in Rosh HaAyin
Seating benches near Rosh HaAyin Forest
Rosh HaAyin, the city of music . Square of Characters. (Israel Primo Sculpture)
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