Petah Tikva, also known as Em HaMoshavot, is a city in the Central District of Israel, 10.6 km east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Jews of the Old Yishuv, and became a permanent settlement in 1883 with the financial help of Baron Edmond de Rothschild. In 2022, the city had a population of 255,387, being so the fifth-largest city in Israel. Its population density is approximately 6,277 inhabitants per square kilometre. Its jurisdiction covers 35,868 dunams.