HaSharon Subdistrict
HaSharon Subdistrict
נפת השרון قضاء هشارون | |
|---|---|
Subdistrict | |
 Central District in blue, with HaSharon Subdistrict in dark blue | |
| Coordinates: 32°20′N 34°51′E / 32.33°N 34.85°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Area | |
| • Total | 348 km2 (134 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
| • Total | 460,500 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Jews and others | 79.2% |
| • Arabs | 20.8% |
The HaSharon Subdistrict is one of Israel's subdistricts in the Central District. The principal city of this subdistrict is Netanya. The subdistrict is situated in the Sharon plain, a section of Israel's coastal plain, from which it draws its name.
History
[edit]The subdistrict is mostly composed of what had been, during British-ruled Mandatory Palestine, the Tulkarm Subdistrict. The rest of Mandatory Tulkarm Subdistrict east of the Green Line constitutes the current Tulkarm Governorate.
References
[edit]- ^ "Population, by Population Group, Religion, Age and Sex, District and Sub-District" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
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