Tzoran-Kadima

Tzoran-Kadima (), cried Kadima-Tzoran an aa, is a local cooncil in the Center Destrict o Israel. It is the result o the 2003 union o the Tzoran an Kadima cooncils.

Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics, Tzoran-Kadima's population as o December 2006 wis 16,600, up frae 15,700 at the end o 2004. Maist o these are Jews. In 2005, the male/female ratio is 1,013 weemen tae ivery 1,000 men. The average income o wirkin residents in 2003 wis ₪8,544, heicher than the naitional average o ₪6,008. Durin the 2003/2004 schuil year, 67.6% o twalt graders received a Bagrut (matriculation) certificate.

History
Kadima
Kadima wis foondit on Julie 5, 1933 as an agricultural dounset at the initiative o Yehoshua Hankin. Maist o the settlers wur German immigrants. Kadima wis declared a local cooncil in 1950, an merged wi Tzoran in 2003.

Kadima means "forward" in Hebrew, an comes frae a Biblical verse (Habakkuk 1:9).

Tzoran
Tzoran, meanin silicon, wis foondit in 1992 an wis planned bi airchitect Rachel Walden. The dounset wis named efter a Hasmonean ceety that haed existit in the aurie. It wis first populatit in 1994, an declared a local cooncil in 1997, till it merged wi Kadima in 2003.

References

Category:Local cooncils in Israel