Hod HaSharon

Hod HaSharon (Hebrew: הוֹד הַשָּׁרוֹן‬, lit. "Splendor o the Sharon") is a ceety in the Center Destrict o Israel. Offeecially declared a ceety in 1990, Hod HaSharon wis creatit in 1964 frae the union o fower neighborin veelages: Magdiel, Ramatayim, Hadar, an Ramat Hadar.^[2] Its offeecial land aurie is 19.239 square kilometers,^[3] an accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), in 2015 the ceety haed a tot population o 56,659.

Hod HaSharon הוֹד הַשָּׁרוֹן‎ هود هاشرون‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Hod ha Šaron
Hod HaSharon
Coordinates: 32°09′N 34°53′E
Destrict	Central
Foondit	1964
Govrenment
• Teep	Ceety (frae 1990)
• Mayor	Hai Adiv
Area
• Total	19.239 km2 (7.428 sq mi)
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	56,659
• Density	2,900/km2 (7,600/sq mi)
Name meanin	Splendor o the Sharon plain

History

The Four Seasons Pairk

Magdiel central synagogue

Magdiel gairden

Hod HaSharon wis creatit in 1964 when the settlements o Magdiel, Ramatayim, Hadar, an Ramat Hadar merged. Hod Hasharon wis govrened bi a local cooncil till it wis declared a ceety in 1990.^[4]

Magdiel

Magdiel wis foondit on August 2, 1924. The decision tae establish Magdiel wis reached at a foonders meetin in Tel Aviv in Julie. A group o 12 settlers o Ashkenazi oreegin received a plot o land frae Yehoshua Hankin which thay cultivatit an prepared for fermin.^[4]

Ramatayim

Atidim pairk

Sharonim maw

Ramatayim wis foondit in 1925 bi immigrants frae Poland.^[2] It wis foondit on the principle o private initiative. Ramatayim wis biggit on twa hills connectit bi a valley, hence the name Ramatayim, literally 'twa hills'.^[4] Ramatayim is nou the centre o Hod HaSharon.

Hadar

Hadar wis established in 1927 bi middle-cless immigrants frae Eastren Europe, who wur jynt suin efter bi a group o Italian Jews.^[2] The land wis purchased frae the Abou Kishk Bedouin tribe. The pioneers decidit tae big a rural dounset based on citrus crops (hence the veelage's name, "Hadar" bein Ebreu for "citrus"). In its early years, the fermers o Hadar an aa engaged in poultry fermin. In the early 1940s, Yemenite immigrants muivit tae Hadar, establishin the Shikun Hateymanim quarter, the day pairt o the Gannei Tzvi neighborhuid.^[4] In 1951, Ramatayim an Hadar merged tae form Hadar Ramatayim.^[2]

Ramat Hadar

Ramat Hadar wis established in December 1938 bi middle-cless immigrants frae Germany, members o the Fift Aliyah.^[2] Ramat Hadar wis biggit on a hill atween Kfar Hadar, Ramatayim, an the main road frae Petah Tikva tae Ramatayim. The economy o Ramat Hadar wis based on sma ferms, mainly poultry fermin.^[4]

Geography

Hod HaSharon is locatit aroond 32°09′N 34°53′E on central Israel's Sharon Plain, pairt o the Israeli Coastal Plain. The ceety is locatit approximately 10 kilometre (6.2 mi) east o the Mediterranean coastline, sooth oKfar Sava, sootheast o Raanana, an northeast o Ramat HaSharon. The ceety is approximately 8 kilometre (5.0 mi) wast o the Wast Bank an 8 kilometre (5.0 mi) northeast o central Tel Aviv.

Demographics

Accordin tae the CBS, the ethnic makeup o the ceety wis in 2006 wis 99.9% Jewish an ither non-Arab, wi nae significant Arab population. In 2006 77 immigrants frae oot o Israel settled in Hod HaSharon as thair first place o residence in the kintra, o whom 68.8% wur unner 18 year o age. 6.8% o the population o the ceety consists o immigrants tae Israel syne 1990. Bi 2025, the ceety is planned tae hae 80,000 indwallers. The population density o Hod HaSharon is the lawest in the Sharon Plain.^[4]

Accordin tae the CBS, in 2006 thare wur 21,700 males an 22,800 females. The population o the ceety wis spread oot wi 33.2% 19 year o age or younger, 13.0% atween 20 an 29, 23.2% atween 30 an 44, 18.5% frae 45 tae 59, 3.6% frae 60 tae 64, an 8.6% 65 year o age or aulder. The population growthe rate in 2006 wis 3.3%.^[3]

Accordin tae the CBS, as o 2005, thare wur 18,612 salaried wirkers an 2,006 are sel-employed in the ceety. The mean monthly wage in 2004 for a salaried wirker in the ceety wis ILS 9,698, a year-on-year increase o 7.1%. Salaried males haed a mean monthly wage o ILS 13,326 (a real chynge o 9.5%) versus ILS 6,306 for females (a real chynge o 1.6%). The mean income for the sel-employed is ILS 8,490. Thare are 335 fowk who receive unemployment benefits an 300 fowk who receive an income guarantee.^[3]

Education

Accordin tae the CBS, thare are 18 schuils an 8,083 students in the ceety: 11 elementary schuils: The Democratic Schuil, HaMagen, Yigal Alon, Lapid, Shilo, Mamlachti Alef, Neve Ne'eman, Rabin, Re'ut an Tali (4,406 students). 4 middle schuils: HaRishonim, HaShachar, Atidim an Tzurim (1,628 students). 5 heich schuils: Hadarim, Alexander Muss Institute for Israel Eddication, Ramon, Mossinzohn an Na'amat (2,049 students). 71.7% o the ceety's 12t graders wur entitled tae a matriculation certificate in 2001.^[3]

The Mosenson youth veelage accepts baith Israelis an owerseas students.^[5] The Alexander Muss Heich Schuil in Israel affers a program for American heich schuil students who spend twa month tae a year in Israel. Each year approximately hauf o the tent grade cless frae the Milken Community Heich Schuil in Los Angeles, CA, come tae Hod Hasharon tae study for a semester alang wi this program.

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Israel

Hod HaSharon is twinned wi:

• Dorsten, Germany ^[6]

Notable residents

• Bar Refaeli

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial municipal wabsteid Archived 2021-05-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Ebreu)

• Offeecial Youth Cooncil wabsteid (in Ebreu)