Cemetery #2365
Yarkon Cemetery
Local name: בית עלמין ירקון
Also known as Bet Qvarot Yarqon · Bet Qevarot Yarqon · Yarkon Shaar Petah Tikva Cemetery
2
documented records
≈ 13k–26k
approx. capacity (graves)
0.646 km²
cemetery area
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Yarkon Cemetery has been the main cemetery of the Gush Dan (Tel Aviv metropolitan) area since it opened in 1991. It lies within the cities of Petah Tikva and Hod HaSharon, bounded by the Yarkon River to the west and Highway 5 to the north. Burial takes place both in field graves and in multi-storey burial halls named Gefen, Rimon and Tamar. About 60,000 people were interred there as of 2009. Questions about the cemetery can be put by phone on +972 3-797-2200.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 32.115560° N, 34.870445° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
2 memorials, A–Z by surname.
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Morasha Cemetery 1.6 km away · Ramat HaSharon
- Sgula Cemetery 2.3 km away · Petah Tikva
- Petah Tikva Military cemetery 2.3 km away · Petaẖ Tiqva
- Neve Hadar-Hod Hasharon Cemetery - Military Plot 3.4 km away · Hod HaSharon
- New Hod HaSharon Neve Hadar Cemetery 3.4 km away · Hod HaSharon
- Netsakh Cemetery 3.7 km away · Ramat HaSharon
- Samaritan Cemetery 4.4 km away · Tel Aviv-Yafo
- Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery 4.4 km away · Ramat HaSharon
- Kiryat Shaul Cemetery 4.7 km away · Tel Aviv
- Ganei Am Yarkona Common Cemetery 5.0 km away · Ganei Am
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Common questions
How big is Yarkon Cemetery?
Yarkon Cemetery covers about 64.6 hectares (646,000 m²), about the same size as Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the largest of the 159 cemeteries we list in Center District.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Yarkon Cemetery is that of Sofya Dotsenko, who died in 1996 at the age of 58.