Holon (Standard Hebrew חוֹלוֹן; is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip, just south of Tel Aviv, and part of the metropolex known as Gush Dan in the Tel Aviv District. It has about 180,000 residents. Holon has arguably the second biggest industrial zone in Israel after Haifa (competing with Petah Tikva). The city hosts about half of the world's Samaritan population.
The name of the city comes from a word in Hebrew, which means "Sand". The name also appears in the Bible in the Book of Joshua, chapter 21, verse 15: "And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs".
