Herzliya 's a city of 84,200 residents located on the central coast of Israel. It's part of the Tel Aviv District. Named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, Herzliya covers an area of 26 km². Within its municipal boundaries's Herzliya Pituah, one of Israel's most upscale neighborhoods, home to many ambassadors and foreign diplomats. History Herzliya, named after Theodor Herzl, was founded in 1924 as a semi-cooperative farming community (moshava) with a mixed population of n… (More on Herzliya)