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Type | Urban park |
Location | Tel Aviv, Israel |
Coordinates | 32°06′00″N 34°48′36″E / 32.10000°N 34.81000°E |
Area | 3.5 km² |
Established | 1951 | , Opened 1973
Operated by | Tel Aviv municipality |
Visitors | 16 million |
Status | Open all year |
Yarkon Park (Hebrew: פארק הירקון, Park HaYarkon) is a park in Tel Aviv, Israel, with about sixteen million visits annually.[1] Named after the Yarkon River, which flows through it, the park includes extensive lawns, sports facilities, botanical gardens, an aviary, a water park, two outdoor concert venues and lakes. The park covers an area of 3.5 km². At 375 hectares, it is slightly larger than Central Park in New York and double the size of Hyde Park in London.[2]