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Pardes Katz

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Pardes Katz (Hebrew: פָּרְדֵס כָּץ) is a neighborhood in the northern part of the city of Bnei Brak in Tel Aviv District. Area of about 300 hectares neighborhood, and with roughly 30,000 inhabitants, most of them secular and traditional. This is the only neighborhood in Bnei Brak where most of its residents are not religious. The neighborhood borders the city of Ramat Gan West (also zone called Tel Giborim), Petah Tikva East, the rest of Bnei Brak to the south and the industrial area north of Bnei Brak.

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N 32.1 ° E 34.833333333333 °
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HaKishon 35
5120261 , Tel Giborim
Tel Aviv District, Israel
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