Hod HaSharon

**Hod HaSharon** (, lit. "Splendor o the Sharon") is a ceety in the Center Destrict o Israel. Offeecially declared a ceety in 1990, Hod HaSharon wis creatit in 1964 frae the union o fower neighborin veelages: Magdiel, Ramatayim, Hadar, an Ramat Hadar. Its offeecial land aurie is 19.239 square kilometers, an accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), in  the ceety haed a tot population o .

## History

Hod HaSharon wis creatit in 1964 when the settlements o Magdiel, Ramatayim, Hadar, an Ramat Hadar merged. Hod Hasharon wis govrened bi a local cooncil till it wis declared a ceety in 1990.

### Magdiel
Magdiel wis foondit on August 2, 1924. The decision tae establish Magdiel wis reached at a foonders meetin in Tel Aviv in Julie. A group o 12 settlers o Ashkenazi oreegin received a plot o land frae Yehoshua Hankin which thay cultivatit an prepared for fermin.

### Ramatayim

Ramatayim wis foondit in 1925 bi immigrants frae Poland. It wis foondit on the principle o private initiative. Ramatayim wis biggit on twa hills connectit bi a valley, hence the name Ramatayim, literally 'twa hills'. Ramatayim is nou the centre o Hod HaSharon.

### Hadar
Hadar wis established in 1927 bi middle-cless immigrants frae Eastren Europe, who wur jynt suin efter bi a group o Italian Jews. The land wis purchased frae the Abou Kishk Bedouin tribe.  The pioneers decidit tae big a rural dounset based on citrus crops (hence the veelage's name, "Hadar" bein Ebreu for "citrus"). In its early years, the fermers o Hadar an aa engaged in poultry fermin. In the early 1940s, Yemenite immigrants muivit tae Hadar, establishin the *Shikun Hateymanim* quarter, the day pairt o the Gannei Tzvi neighborhuid. In 1951, Ramatayim an Hadar merged tae form Hadar Ramatayim.

### Ramat Hadar
Ramat Hadar wis established in December 1938 bi middle-cless immigrants frae Germany, members o the Fift Aliyah. Ramat Hadar wis biggit on a hill atween Kfar Hadar, Ramatayim, an the main road frae Petah Tikva tae Ramatayim. The economy o Ramat Hadar wis based on sma ferms, mainly poultry fermin.

## Geography
Hod HaSharon is locatit aroond  on central Israel's Sharon Plain, pairt o the Israeli Coastal Plain. The ceety is locatit approximately  east o the Mediterranean coastline, sooth oKfar Sava, sootheast o Raanana, an northeast o Ramat HaSharon. The ceety is approximately  wast o the Wast Bank an  northeast o central Tel Aviv.

## Demographics
Accordin tae the CBS, the ethnic makeup o the ceety wis in 2006 wis 99.9% Jewish an ither non-Arab, wi nae significant Arab population. In 2006 77 immigrants frae oot o Israel settled in Hod HaSharon as thair first place o residence in the kintra, o whom 68.8% wur unner 18 year o age. 6.8% o the population o the ceety consists o immigrants tae Israel syne 1990. Bi 2025, the ceety is planned tae hae 80,000 indwallers. The population density o Hod HaSharon is the lawest in the Sharon Plain.

Accordin tae the CBS, in 2006 thare wur 21,700 males an 22,800 females. The population o the ceety wis spread oot wi 33.2% 19 year o age or younger, 13.0% atween 20 an 29, 23.2% atween 30 an 44, 18.5% frae 45 tae 59, 3.6% frae 60 tae 64, an 8.6% 65 year o age or aulder. The population growthe rate in 2006 wis 3.3%.

Accordin tae the CBS, as o 2005, thare wur 18,612 salaried wirkers an 2,006 are sel-employed in the ceety. The mean monthly wage in 2004 for a salaried wirker in the ceety wis ILS 9,698, a year-on-year increase o 7.1%. Salaried males haed a mean monthly wage o ILS 13,326 (a real chynge o 9.5%) versus ILS 6,306 for females (a real chynge o 1.6%). The mean income for the sel-employed is ILS 8,490. Thare are 335 fowk who receive unemployment benefits an 300 fowk who receive an income guarantee.

## Education
Accordin tae the CBS, thare are 18 schuils an 8,083 students in the ceety: 
11 elementary schuils: The Democratic Schuil, HaMagen, Yigal Alon, Lapid, Shilo, Mamlachti Alef, Neve Ne'eman, Rabin, Re'ut an Tali (4,406 students).
4 middle schuils: HaRishonim, HaShachar, Atidim an Tzurim (1,628 students).
5 heich schuils: Hadarim, Alexander Muss Institute for Israel Eddication, Ramon, Mossinzohn an Na'amat (2,049 students). 
71.7% o the ceety's 12t graders wur entitled tae a matriculation certificate in 2001.

The Mosenson youth veelage accepts baith Israelis an owerseas students. The Alexander Muss Heich Schuil in Israel affers a program for American heich schuil students who spend twa month tae a year in Israel. Each year approximately hauf o the tent grade cless frae the Milken Community Heich Schuil in Los Angeles, CA, come tae Hod Hasharon tae study for a semester alang wi this program.

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Hod HaSharon is twinned wi:

*  Dorsten, Germany 

## Notable residents
*Bar Refaeli

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial municipal wabsteid  
*Offeecial Youth Cooncil wabsteid 

## References