The National Park (Ramat Gan)
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Ramat Gan National Park is a large urban park
Urban park
An urban park, is also known as a municipal park or a public park, public open space or municipal gardens , is a park in cities and other incorporated places to offer recreation and green space to residents of, and visitors to, the municipality...

 in Ramat Gan, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. It is not actually a national park.

Planting began in 1951 and the park opened to the public in 1953. In 1959, an artificial lake was created, which was enlarged in 1959. The park will be incorporated in Ariel Sharon Park.
The park covers an area of 1.9 km². It is the second largest urban park in Israel, after the Yarkon Park
Yarkon Park
Yarkon Park , also known as Joshua Gardens, is a large public urban park in Tel Aviv, Israel, with about sixteen million visitors annually...

. The park attracts 700-800 thousand visitors annually. The Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan
Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan
The Ramat Gan Safari, officially known as the Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan, is a safari park and zoo in Ramat Gan, Israel. It opened to the general public in 1974 as an African animal park...

is adjacent to the park.
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