Kozlovsky is the highest hill in the Gush Dan region at 85 metres (279 ft) above sea level.

[citation needed] The modern town was founded on April 2, 1922 by a group of 22 Second Aliyah pioneers led by David Schneiderman.

[3] Shechunat Borochov is credited for a number of innovations in the early Jewish settlement movement, including establishing the first cooperative grocery store (Tzarkhaniya, "Consumer")[4] that still functioned in the same location into the 1980s.

Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts alumni include Michal Yannai, Ido Mosseri, Tal Mosseri, Shai Maestro, Dikla Hadar, Shira Haas, Ohad Knoller, Ilanit, Mili Avital, Ziv Koren, Yael Tal and Maya Dunietz.

[10] Current plans for the northwest of the city envision high-rise towers along Katznelson and Aliyat Hanoar Streets near the boundaries of Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan.

As part of the redevelopment, Katznelson Street will be colonnaded along its length and a 2-meter-wide cycle paths are planned for both sides of the road, with one lane for buses and another for cars.

[11] Reuven Ben-Shahar was the first candidate from Kadima that won a city election and the first mayor in Givatayim that was not from the Israeli Labor Party.