Ramat HaSharon (Hebrew: רָמַת הַשָּׁרוֹן‬, lit. Heicht o the Sharon) is a ceety locatit on Israel's central coastal strip in the sooth o the Sharon region, borderin Tel Aviv tae the sooth an Herzliya an Kibbutz Glil Yam tae the north. It is pairt o the Tel Aviv Destrict, athin Gush Dan metropolitan aurie. The ceety haes a population o 38,500.[1]

Ramat HaSharon

  • רָמַת הַשָּׁרוֹן
  • رمات هشارون
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259Ramat ha Šaron
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View o Ramat HaSharon
Official logo of Ramat HaSharon
Ramat HaSharon is located in Israel
Ramat HaSharon
Ramat HaSharon
Coordinates: 32°09′N 34°50′E / 32.150°N 34.833°E / 32.150; 34.833Coordinates: 32°09′N 34°50′E / 32.150°N 34.833°E / 32.150; 34.833
Destrict Tel Aviv
Foondit1923
Govrenment
 • TeepCeety
 • MayorYitzhak Rochberger
Area
 • Total16.792 km2 (6.483 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)[1]
 • Total40,600
 • Density2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi)
Name meaninSharon Hicht
Websiteofficial website (in Ebreu)
Location o Ramat HaSharon in the Tel Aviv Destrict
The Yad LaBanim (Memorial for the Sons) structur in Ramat HaSharon. It's a memorial for the fallen sodgers frae the ceety, an an aa hooses the ceety library.

History

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Ramat HaSharon wis established in 1923 as Ir Shalom (Hebrew: עִיר שָׁלוֹם‬, lit. Ceety o Peace), a moshava, bi group o immigrants frae Poland.[2] Thay initially purchased 2000 dunam (or 500 acres) frae the locals for 5 Egyptian pounds per dunam. In the 1931 census, the veelage's population stood at 312.[3] Ramat HaSharon wis mainly a farmin community frae 1923 tae the 1960s, kent for its strawberry fields an citrus groves. In 1932, the ceety wis renamed Kfar Ramat HaSharon (Sharon Heicht Veelage), wi the "Kfar" bein offeecially dropped several years later. In 1950, Ramat HaSharon's population numbered aboot 900 residents, primarily involved in agricultur. The rapid population growthe in the 1960s an 70's led tae construction o mony new roadways, new schuils, an pairks.

Several distinct neighborhuid evolved in the 1970s, includin Morasha on the soothren edge, ane wi mony military an air force personnel in the eastren edge, an mony successfu professionals moved here. Ramat HaSharon became heichlie desirable place tae live in the 1980s as a vera safe, containin mony gardens an wide boulevards, an attractin mony upper middle cless suburban families.

Ramat HaSharon is an aa hame tae Israel Military Industries, the manufacturer o wappens an sma airms for the Israel Defense Forces an the warld mercat.

Demographics

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The majority o the biggins in Ramat HaSharon are residential, wi single faimily lots for families o hie income, awtho the nummer o multiple faimily dwellins is growin. Thare is ane neighborhuid, a relic o the immigration waves o the 1950s, which is lawer income.

Education

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Elementary Schools

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  • Ussishkin elementary schuil
  • Hadar elementary schuil
  • Amirim elementary schuil
  • Oranim elementary schuil
  • Golan elementary schuil
  • Kiryat Ye'arim elementary schuil

Middle schools

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  • Kelman Middle Middle
  • Alumim Middle Middle School

Hie schools

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  • Yigal Alon Hie School
  • Rotberg Hie School

Heicher education

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  • HaMidrasha – Airt Teachers Trainin College
  • Rimon School o Jazz an Contemporary Muisic

Sports

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Ramat HaSharon is hame tae the Israel Tennis Center, foondit in 1975, which hosts an organizes internaitional, naitional an regional tennis tournaments. Alang wi tennis facilities, which include 24 illuminatit courts, an staunds which seat up tae 4,500 spectators, the central management o the organisation, which manages 13 ither tennis centers aroond the kintra, is locatit in the toun. It an aa is hame tae Canadae Stadium, whaur maist Davis Cup an ither significant Israeli matches hae been played syne the mid-1970s.

The ceety's weemen basketbaw team, Electra Ramat HaSharon, is ane o the leadin teams in the Israeli league an a umwhile European champion.

The ceety's fitbaa team, Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon, play in Liga Leumit, the seicont tier o Israeli fitbaa.

The ceety's leadin junior hie "Alumim" haes wan mony trophies in sports, especially for achievements in track an field.

 
Canadae Stadium

Twin touns

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Sculptures bi Dudu Gerstein on display on Weizmann boulevard

Ramat HaSharon is twinned wi:

Notable residents

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References

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  1. a b "Table 3 – Population of Localities Numbering Above 2,000 Residents and Other Rural Population" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 25 Julie 2010.
  2. HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel. Miskal – Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books. ISBN 965-448-413-7. (in Ebreu)
  3. Vilnai, Ze'ev (1980). "Ramat HaSharon". Ariel Encyclopedia. Volume 7. Tel Aviv, Israel: Am Oved. p. 7582. (in Ebreu)
  4. "Ramat HaSharon (Israel)". Georgsmarienhütte Municipality. Retrieved 17 December 2007. [deid airtin] (in German)
  5. "Dunkirk International". Archived frae the original on 9 November 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2007. (in French)
  6. http://www.t.co.il/Business/Card-319492.html
  7. http://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/198396
  8. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 2 Mey 2014. Retrieved 27 Januar 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. Rice, Oren; Shalev, Oded (17 October 2001). ""We Lost a Great Person, a Friend, a Commander and Warrior"". Ynet. Retrieved 25 Julie 2010.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link) (in Ebreu)

Freemit airtins

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