Mevaseret Zion

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Mevaseret Zion is a suburban town in central Israel located just west of Jerusalem, known primarily as a residential community for commuters to the city.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf local council
town
areaCode +972-2
coordinateLocation 31.805°N 35.149°E
country Israel
distanceTo about 10 km west of central Jerusalem
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 750 metres
formedByMergerOf Maoz Zion NERFINISHED
Mevaseret Yerushalayim NERFINISHED
governingBody Mevaseret Zion Local Council NERFINISHED
hasClimate Mediterranean climate
hasDemographicCharacteristic primarily middle-class population
hasEducationalInstitutionType elementary schools
secondary schools
hasJewishMajority true
hasLandUse limited commercial areas
predominantly residential
hasMunicipalStatusSince 1960s
hasPublicFacilityType community centers
shopping centers
synagogues
hasSportsFacilityType basketball courts
football fields
hasTypeOfHousing low-rise residential buildings
single-family homes
localAuthorityType regional town council
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Jerusalem District NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion central Israel
locatedNear Highway 1 (Israel) NERFINISHED
Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway NERFINISHED
locatedOn Judean Hills NERFINISHED
locatedWestOf Jerusalem NERFINISHED
mergerDate 1960s
namedAfter biblical town of Mevaser
nearbySettlement Abu Ghosh NERFINISHED
Motza Illit NERFINISHED
officialLanguage Hebrew
partOfMetropolitanArea Jerusalem metropolitan area NERFINISHED
population about 25,000
populationAsOf early 2020s
postalCode 90719
primaryFunction residential commuter town
roadAccess Highway 1 interchange NERFINISHED
timeZone Israel Standard Time NERFINISHED
utcOffset +2
utcOffsetDST +3

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