Central District (Israel)

{{Short description|District of Israel}} {{pp|small=yes}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Central District | translit_lang1 = - | translit_lang1_type = Hebrew | translit_lang1_info = {{Script/Hebrew|מָחוֹז הַמֶרְכָּז}} | translit_lang1_type1 = Arabic | translit_lang1_info1 = {{lang|ar|المنطقة الوسطى}} | type = {{flagicon|Israel}} District of Israel | image_map = Center District in Israel (undisputed).svg | mapsize = 150px | map_caption = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | subdivision_type = Cities | subdivision_name = 22 | subdivision_type1 = Local Councils | subdivision_name1 = 18 | subdivision_type2 = Regional Councils | subdivision_name2 = 12 | seat_type = Capital | seat = Ramla | seat1_type = Largest | seat1 = Rishon LeZion | area_total_km2 = 1,293 | population_total = 2,365,000 | population_as_of = 2023 | population_density_km2 = auto | iso_code = IL-M | population_footnotes = <ref name="cbs1">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/shnaton/templ_shnaton.html?num_tab=st02_16x&CYear=2015|title=Localities by Population, by District, Sub-District and Type of Locality|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics}}</ref> | leader_name = Jonathan Bar-Siman-Tov | leader_title = District Commissioner<ref>Transfer of Power (District Commissioners and District Officers) Law, 5724-1964, Laws of the State of Israel vol. 18 no 38. (pp. 70-71)</ref> | government_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.il/he/Departments/General/board|title=בעלי תפקידים במשרד הפנים|website=GOV.IL}}</ref> }} thumb|Geographical distribution of the main ethno-cultural communities Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv and Central districts<ref name="Population in localities and statistical areas, by religion, end of 2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/doclib/2017/population_madaf/population_madaf_2019_8.xls|title="8. אוכלוסייה ביישובים ובאזורים סטטיסטיים, לפי דת, סוף 2019"|publisher=Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel)}}</ref> thumb|Petah Tikva, Central District

The '''Central District''' ({{langx|he|מָחוֹז הַמֶרְכָּז}}, ''Meḥoz haMerkaz''; {{langx|ar|المنطقة الوسطى}}, ''Minṭaqat al-Wasaṭ'') of Israel is one of six administrative districts, including most of the Sharon region. It is further divided into four sub-districts: Petah Tikva, Ramla, Sharon, and Rehovot. The district's largest city is Rishon LeZion. The district's population as of 2017 was 2,115,800. According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, 88% of the population is Jewish, 8.2% is Arab, and 4% are "non-classified", being mostly former Soviet Union immigrants of partial or nominal Jewish ethnic heritage or household members of Jews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton68/st02_17.pdf|title=Localities and Population, by Population Group, District, Sub-District and Natural Region|year=2016|work=Statistical Abstract of Israel|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619001908/http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton68/st02_17.pdf|archive-date=19 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Administrative local authorities== {| class="wikitable" ! style="font-size:larger; background:#00008B; color:white;" colspan="3" | Subdistricts |- | colspan="3" | * HaSharon * Petah Tikva * Ramla * Rehovot |- ! width="250;" style="font-size:larger; background:#00008B; color:white;" | Cities ! width="250;" style="font-size:larger; background:#00008B; color:white;" | Local Councils ! width="250;" style="font-size:larger; background:#00008B; color:white;" | Regional Councils |- | valign="top" | * Be'er Ya'akov * El'ad * Ganei Tikva * Giv'at Shmuel * Hod Hasharon * Kafr Qasim * Kfar Saba * Kfar Yona * Lod * Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut * Ness Ziona * Netanya * Petah Tikva * Qalansawe * Ra'anana * Ramla * Rehovot * Rishon LeZion * Rosh HaAyin * Tayibe * Tira * Yavne * Yehud-Monosson | valign="top" | * Beit Dagan * Bnei Ayish * Elyakhin * Even Yehuda * Gan Yavne * Gedera * Jaljulia * Kadima-Tzoran * Kfar Bara * Kiryat Ekron * Kokhav Yair * Mazkeret Batya * Pardesiya<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotw.us/flags/il-lcpds.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051103013439/http://www.fotw.us/flags/il-lcpds.html|url-status=usurped|title=Pardesiyya (Israel)|archive-date=November 3, 2005|website=www.fotw.us}}</ref> * Savyon * Shoham * Tel Mond * Zemer | valign="top" | * Brenner * Drom HaSharon * Gan Rave * Gederot * Gezer * Hefer Valley (Emek Hefer) * Hevel Modi'in * Hevel Yavne * Hof HaSharon * Lev HaSharon * Nahal Sorek * Sdot Dan |}

===Former municipalities=== {| class="wikitable" ! width=300; style="font-size:larger; background:#00008B; color:white;" | Former Municipalities |- | valign="top" | * Kadima (merged with Tzoran; now Kadima-Tzoran) * 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 Kadima-Tzoran) * Yehud (merged with Neve Monosson; now Yehud–Monosson) |}

==Economy== El Al Airlines maintains its corporate headquarters on the grounds of Ben Gurion Airport and in the Central District.<ref name="nytimes.com">Orme, William A. Jr. "El Al at a Turning Point; A Mirror of Israel's Divisions Prepares to Go 49% Public", ''The New York Times'' (5 March 1999), p. C1 (New York edition) [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/05/business/el-al-at-a-turning-point-a-mirror-of-israel-s-divisions-prepares-to-go-49-public.html?pagewanted=1 1]. Retrieved 15 February 2010.</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Israel}} *Districts of Israel *List of cities in Israel

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{{Geographic location | Centre = {{flagicon|Israel}} Central District | North = {{flagicon|Israel}} Haifa District | Northeast = | East = {{flag|Palestine}}<br>(Tulkarm Governorate, Qalqiliya Governorate, Salfit Governorate, Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate) | Southeast = {{flagicon|Israel}} Jerusalem District | South = {{flagicon|Israel}} Southern District | Southwest = | West = {{flagicon|Israel}} Tel Aviv District<br>''Mediterranean Sea'' | Northwest = }} {{Districts of Israel}} {{Center District (Israel)}} {{Israeli administrative jurisdictions}} {{Authority control}} {{coord|31|56|N|34|52|E|source:jawiki|display=title}}

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