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Rishon Le Zion (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 57 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.9500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 034 48 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 34.8000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Second oldest Jewish village of Palestine; founded by Russian-Jewish immigrants; assisted by Baron Edmond de Rothschild, French-Jewish financier, in viticulture & planted many vineyards; has some of world's largest wine cellars; has many citrus groves. |
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| Rishon LeẔiyyon (preferred,C,V)
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| Rishon le Ziyyon (C,V)
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| Rishon le-Ẕiyyon (C,V)
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| Rishon Le-Zion (C,O)
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| LeZion (C,V)
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| Rishon Le Zion (C,U,English-P)
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| ראשון לציון (C,U,Hebrew )
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 1882 |
| city (C) |
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status granted 1950 |
| agricultural center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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