Netanya

Israel / Hamerkaz / Netanya /
Netanya is a city in the Northern Centre District of Israel and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. At the end of 2008 the city had a total population of 179,000. The city name has sometimes been spelled Nathania.

The location of the settlement was decided upon near the ancient site of Poleg and it was decided for it to be named for the Jewish American philanthropist Nathan Straus (1928).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netanya
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Coordinates:   32°18'14"N   34°51'35"E