Romema (Jerusalem)

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Romema is a neighbourhood in north-west Jerusalem, Israel. It is close to the main entrance to Jerusalem from the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway.

Romema was founded in 1921 near the site where the Turkish Army surrendered to General Allenby during World War I. The Allenby Memorial to British soldiers who fell in the fight for Palestine is at the top of Romema St^[1].

Romema is home to the Magen David Adom national EMS services which serve Jerusalem and a region extending to Bet Shemesh^[2].

The Jerusalem Central Bus Station is also in Romema.

Romema includes the former Jerusalem light industrial zone, which has been rezoned and redeveloped for residential use.