Ramla
Ramla is located near Lod, near Rishon LeZion, 20 kilometers east of Tel Aviv.
Ramla is a mixed city with a Jewish and Arab population.
The name Ramla is translated from Arabic as "sand". This is the only city in Eretz-Israel, founded by the Arabs. It was built in 716 by the Caliph Sulayman, who was planning to move the capital from Lidda to Ramla.
The Crusaders turned Ramla into their fortress. In 1187 the city was captured by Salladin, then he again returned to the Crusaders.
In 1799, Napoleon's headquarters were located here.
About a third of the city's population are repatriates who came from the CIS countries in the 1990s.
Ramla has a technology college and a branch of the Bar-Ilan University.
Municipality:
Tel. 08-9771780, 08-9771708
The National Insurance Institute of Israel ("Bituah Leumi"):
Dani Mas 11
Tel. *6050, 12226050
Israeli Employment Service ("Lishkat Taasuka"):
Herzl 91
Tel. 08-9789000
The Ministry of Interior ("Misrad ha-Pnim"):
Herzl 91
Tel. 08-9788444, 08-9788503
Israel Tax Authority:
Herzl 91
"Mas Ahnasa":
Tel. 08-9788222, 08-9788296, Fax. 08-9221260
"MAAM":
Tel. 08-9788088, 08-9788026, Fax. 08-9788055
Israel Ministry of Construction and Housing:
Tel. 02-6291100
City streets and attractions near the city:
Mini IsraelStalactite Cave near Beit ShemeshAvshalom Reserve Ramla | The distance
(in straight line):
| to Jerusalem - | 36 km | | to Tel Aviv - | 18 km | | to Haifa - | 99 km | | to Beer Sheva - | 75 km |
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