Petah Tikva Subdistrict נפת פתח תקווה قضاء بتاح تكفا | |
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Subdistrict | |
 Central District in blue, with Petah Tikva Subdistrict in dark blue | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Area | |
| • Total | 284 km2 (110 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) [1] | |
| • Total | 710,700 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Jews and others | 95.0% |
| • Arabs | 5.0% |
The Petah Tikva Subdistrict is one of Israel's subdistricts in the Central District. The principal city of this subdistrict, as the name implies, is Petah Tikva.
The subdistrict was created from an amalgamation of parts of Mandatory Palestine's Jaffa, Ramle, and Tulkarm Subdistricts.[ citation needed ]
Petah Tikva, also known as Em HaMoshavot, is a city in the Central District of Israel, 10.6 km (6.6 mi) east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Jews of the Old Yishuv, and became a permanent settlement in 1883 with the financial help of Baron Edmond de Rothschild.
The Sharon plain is the central section of the Israeli coastal plain. The plain lies between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the Samarian Hills, 15 km (9.3 mi) to the east. It stretches from Nahal Taninim, a stream marking the southern end of Mount Carmel in the north, to the Yarkon River in the south, at the northern limit of Tel Aviv, over a total of about 90 km (56 mi). The level of the Sharon plain is connected to the level of the Mediterranean Sea by the Sharon Escarpment.
The Central District 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.
The Tel Aviv District is the geographically smallest yet also the most densely populated of the six administrative districts of Israel, with a population of 1.35 million residents. It is 98.9% Jewish and 1.10% Arab.
There are six main administrative districts of Israel, known in Hebrew as mekhozot and in Arabic as mintaqah. There are also 15 subdistricts of Israel, known in Hebrew nafot and in Arabic as qadaa. Each subdistrict is further divided into natural regions, which in turn are further divided into council-level divisions: whether they might be cities, municipalities, or regional councils.
Petah Tikva is a city in the Central District of Israel.
The Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium, commonly known as HaUrva Stadium was a multi-use stadium in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva, and is now a place which is a neighborhood. It was replaced by HaMoshava Stadium in 2011.
The HaMoshava Stadium, also known as Petah Tikva Stadium, is a football stadium in Petah Tikva, Israel. It was completed in 2011, and is used mainly for football matches and is home to both Hapoel Petah Tikva and Maccabi Petah Tikva.
Hevel Modi'in Regional Council is a regional council located partly in the Shephelah region and partly in the Central Coastal Plain region of the Central District of Israel. It was founded in 1950 and covers an area from Petah Tikva to Modi'in. The council's headquarters are located in the town of Shoham.
Ein Ganim was the first moshav po'alim in Israel.
Begin Road is a major thoroughfare in Tel Aviv, Israel. It begins at Allenby Street and runs to its northern end which is at Arlozorov Interchange on Ayalon Highway.
Ben Gurion High School is a high school in Petah Tikva, Israel.
Kiryat Atidim is a high tech district of Tel Aviv, Israel.
Ahad HaAm High School, located in Petah Tikva, Israel is named after Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg, primarily known by his Hebrew name and pen name, Ahad HaAm,.
The Yarkon Railway is a double-track railroad following the course of the Yarkon River in the central area of Israel. It is about 15 km long, stretching from the Coastal Railway to the Eastern Railway.
The Kinneret Subdistrict is one of the subdistricts of Israel's Northern District. The largest city and the centre of the subdistrict is the city of Tiberias on the western coast of the Sea of Galilee.
The Rehovot subdistrict is one of Israel's subdistricts in Central District. The principal city of the subdistrict is, as the name implies, Rehovot.
The Ramla subdistrict is one of Israel's subdistricts in the Central District. There are three principal cities in the subdistrict: Ramla, Lod, and Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut.
The Beersheba Subdistrict is the southernmost subdistrict of Israel and one of two subdistricts in its Southern District. The capital of the subdistrict is, as the name implies, Beersheba. Rahat is the second-largest city and Eilat comes third. Other cities in the subdistrict are Arad, Dimona, Netivot, and Ofakim. Hura and Kseifa have not received city status yet are of similar size. The subdistrict includes an international airport, near Eilat, and a seaport in Eilat.
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