Chiriya

Ariel Sharon Park is an Israeli environmental park. Situated along the lines of the in the area between and Highway 20, the area was intended to be the "green lung" of the southern part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: former waste dump located southeast of Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Also known as: “Ariel Sharon Park”, “Ayalon Park”, “Hiriya”, and “Khayriyyah”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tel Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan Safari.

Meadow
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Benebarak was a biblical city mentioned in the Book of Joshua. According to the biblical account it was allocated to the Tribe of Dan. Its archaeological site is . is situated 1 km northeast of Chiriya.

Zoo
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The Zoological Center Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan in the city of , , is the largest collection of wildlife in human care in the . is situated 1½ km north of Chiriya.

Stadium
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is a in city of , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan. is situated 1½ km north of Chiriya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ganot and Azor.

Village
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is a moshav in the of . Located near Hiriya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 476.

Village
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is a local council in the of , on the old Jaffa-Jerusalem road southeast of Tel Aviv. Established in 1948, was granted local council status in 1951.

Suburb
Ramat Ef'al is a neighborhood of in central . Previously part of Ef'al Regional Council, in 2007 it was transferred to the municipality of together with .

Chiriya

Latitude
32.03046° or 32° 1′ 50″ north
Longitude
34.82087° or 34° 49′ 15″ east
Open location code
8G4P2RJC+58
Open­Street­Map ID
way 389769463
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q9504937
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yiddish—“Chiriya” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Ariel Sharon Park”
  • Burmese: “Ariel Sharon Park”
  • Catalan: “Parc Ariel Sharon”
  • Cebuano: “Ariel Sharon Park”
  • Chinese: “阿里尔·沙龙公园”
  • Czech: “Ariel Sharon Park”
  • Esperanto: “Ariel Ŝaron Parko”
  • French: “Ayalon Park”
  • French: “Décharge de Hiriya”
  • French: “Hiriya”
  • French: “Parc Ariel Sharon”
  • French: “parc Ariel-Sharon”
  • French: “Parc Ariel-Sharon”
  • German: “Hiriya”
  • Hebrew: “החיריה”
  • Hebrew: “חיריה”
  • Hebrew: “חירייה”
  • Hebrew: “פארק אריאל שרון”
  • Hindi: “एरियल शेरोन पार्क”
  • Korean: “아리엘 샤론 파크”
  • Ladino: “Hiriya”
  • Maithili: “एरियल शेरोन पार्क”
  • Nepali: “एरियल शेरोन पार्क”
  • Persian: “پارک آریل شارون”
  • Portuguese: “Ariel Sharon Parque”
  • Russian: “Парк Ариэля Шарона”
  • Serbian: “Аријел Шарон парк”
  • Spanish: “Ariel Sharon Parque”
  • Spanish: “Parque Ariel Sharon”
  • Tagalog: “Ariel Sharon Park”
  • Turkish: “Hiriya”
  • Ukrainian: “Аріель Шарон Парк”
  • Yiddish: “אריאל שרון פארק”
  • Yiddish: “פארק אריאל שרון”

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