Claim: Hadera has immigrants.

Hadera is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel , in the northern Sharon region , approximately 45 kilometers -LRB- 28 miles -RRB- from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa . The city is located along 7 km -LRB- 5 mi -RRB- of the Israeli Mediterranean Coastal Plain . The city has a population of about 91,634 , which includes a high proportion of immigrants arriving since 1990 , notably from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union . In it had a population of .   Hadera was established in 1891 as a farming colony by members of the Zionist group , Hovevei Zion , from Lithuania and Latvia . By 1948 , it was a regional center with a population of 11,800 . In 1952 , Hadera was declared a city , with jurisdiction over an area of 53,000 dunams .