Sharon plain
The Sharon Plain (Template:Lang-he) is the northern half of the coastal plain of Israel. Its largest city is Netanya.
The Plain lies between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the Samarian Hills, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the east. It stretches from Haifa and Mount Carmel in the north to the Yarkon River in the south, at the edge of the present city of Tel Aviv, about 90 kilometres (56 mi). Parts of the Plain are included in the Haifa, Center, and Tel Aviv Districts of Israel. In 2008 The Sharon Plain was home to 1,069,070 people[1], 877,070 of them (82%) are Jews, and 192,000 (18%) are Arabs. These numbers do not include the 100 - 130,000 Jewish residents of the area of Tel Aviv north of the Yarkon River that is known as the Ramat Aviv nieghbourhood.
The Plain of Sharon is mentioned in the Bible. In ancient times, the plain was particularly fertile and populous. Zionist immigrants arrived in the early twentieth century, and populated the region with many settlements.[2] In 2008, it was the most densely populated region of Israel.[3]
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See also
- Sarona, a Templer settlement in the Plain of Sharon.
References
- ^ "Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 1,000 Residents and Other Rural Population" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
- ^ "Sharon Plain". Bartleby.com. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ "Sharon Plain of Israel". Encarta. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
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