Central District (Israel)

The Central District (, 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).
==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
* PardesiyaLocal Council of Pardesiya (Israel)
* 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
===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)
==References==
==See also==
*Districts of Israel
*List of cities in Israel
 
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