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| Year |  | Population | | Area | | Governorate | | Region | | State | Type | | 2007 | | 106196 | | | | Central District | | Israel | | Israel | Israeli city | | | 1995 | | 84143 | | | | Central District | | Israel | | Israel | Israeli city | | | 1983 | | 67935 | | | | Central District | | Israel | | Israel | Israeli city | | | 1972 | | 39298 | | | | Central District | | Israel | | Israel | Israeli city | | | 1961 | | 29003 | | | | Central District | | Israel | | Israel | Israeli city | | | 1916 | | | | | | Mutasarrif of Jerusalem | | Mutasarrif of Jerusalem | | Ottoman Empire | Zionist settlement | |
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Description
The Zionist settlement of Rehovot was founded in 1890 by a group of Polish immigrants who sought to live in what they saw as the land of Israel independently, rather than under the control of philanthropist Baron Rothschild. Sixteen years later, they were |
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Leadership
 Shawqi Yehoshua Forer, Mayor, New Paths with Shawqi Forer
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