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**Center District**
	Center District
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Hebrew	מחוז המרכז
Arabic
Capital	Ramla
Largest city	Rishon LeZion
Cities	18
Local Councils	22
Regional Councils	12
Population	1,730,500 (2008)
Area	1,293 km²

The Central District (Hebrew: מחוז המרכז‎, Meḥoz haMerkaz) of Israel is one of six administrative districts, including most of the Sharon region. The district capital is Ramla. It is further divided into 4 sub-districts: Petah Tikva, Ramla, Sharon and Rehovot. The district's largest city is Rishon LeZion. Its population as of 2008 was 1,730,500. According to the Israeli Central Beurau of statistics 88% of the population is Jewish, 8.2% is Arab, and 4% are not classified (most are former Soviet Union immigrants of partially Jewish Nationality or family relationship).^[1]

[edit] Administrative sub-regions

Cities	Local Councils	Regional Councils
Hod Hasharon Kafr Qasim Kfar Sava Lod Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut Ness Ziona Netanya Petah Tikva Qalansawe Ra'annana Ramla Rehovot Rishon LeZion Rosh HaAyin Tayibe Tira Yavne Yehud-Monosson	Be'er Ya'aqov Beit Dagan Bnei Aish El'ad Elyakhin Even Yehuda Gedera Gan Yavne Ganei Tikva Giv'at Shmuel Jaljulia Kfar Bara Kfar Yona Kokhav Yair Mazkeret Batya Pardesiya^[2] Kiryat Ekron Savyon Shoham Tel Mond Tzoran-Kadima Zemer	Brenner Drom HaSharon Gan Rave Gederot Gezer Hefer Valley (Emek Hefer) Hevel Modi'in Hevel Yavne Hof HaSharon Lev HaSharon Lod Valley (Emek Lod) Nahal Sorek

[edit] Former Municipalities

Former Municipalities
Kadima (merged with Tzoran; now Tzoran-Kadima) Maccabim-Re'ut (merged with Modi'in; now Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut) Modi'in (merged with Maccabim-Re'ut; now Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut) Neve Monosson (merged with Yehud and declared an autonomous borough within Yehud-Monosson) Tzoran (merged with Kadima; now Tzoran-Kadima) Yehud (merged with Neve Monosson; now Yehud-Monosson)

[edit] References

^ "Localities and Population, by Population Group, District, Sub-District and Natural Region". Statistical Abstract of Israel. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2008. http://www1.cbs.gov.il/shnaton59/st02_08.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
^ Local Council of Pardesiya (Israel)

[0] "Localities and Population, by Population Group, District, Sub-District and Natural Region". Statistical Abstract of Israel. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2008. http://www1.cbs.gov.il/shnaton59/st02_08.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-08.

[1] Local Council of Pardesiya (Israel)

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[edit] Former Municipalities

[edit] References

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