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]] Ramat HaSharon (lit. Height of the Sharon) is a city located on Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon
Sharon, Israel

The Sharon Plain is the northern half of the Israeli Coastal Plain of Israel. Its largest city is Netanya.The Plain lies between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the Samaria#Geographical_location, to the east....
 region, bordering Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
 to the south and Herzliya
Herzliya

File:Location_herzliya.pngHerzliya is a List of Israeli cities of 84,200 residents located on the Israeli coastal plain of Israel. It is part of the Tel Aviv District....
 and Kibbutz Glil Yam
Glil Yam

Glil Yam is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain between Ramat HaSharon and Herzliya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council....
 to the north. It is part of the Tel Aviv District
Tel Aviv District

The Tel Aviv District is one of Districts of Israel of Israel with a population of 1.2 million residents. It is 99.0% Jewish and 1.0% Arab . The district's capital is Tel Aviv and the metropolitan area created by the Tel Aviv district and its neighboring cities is named Gush Dan....
, within Gush Dan
Gush Dan

Gush Dan is a metropolitan area including areas from both the Tel Aviv District and the Center District Districts of Israel. It is located along the Israeli coastal plain....
 metropolitan area.






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Ramat HaSharon (lit. Height of the Sharon) is a city located on Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon
Sharon, Israel

The Sharon Plain is the northern half of the Israeli Coastal Plain of Israel. Its largest city is Netanya.The Plain lies between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the Samaria#Geographical_location, to the east....
 region, bordering Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
 to the south and Herzliya
Herzliya

File:Location_herzliya.pngHerzliya is a List of Israeli cities of 84,200 residents located on the Israeli coastal plain of Israel. It is part of the Tel Aviv District....
 and Kibbutz Glil Yam
Glil Yam

Glil Yam is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain between Ramat HaSharon and Herzliya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council....
 to the north. It is part of the Tel Aviv District
Tel Aviv District

The Tel Aviv District is one of Districts of Israel of Israel with a population of 1.2 million residents. It is 99.0% Jewish and 1.0% Arab . The district's capital is Tel Aviv and the metropolitan area created by the Tel Aviv district and its neighboring cities is named Gush Dan....
, within Gush Dan
Gush Dan

Gush Dan is a metropolitan area including areas from both the Tel Aviv District and the Center District Districts of Israel. It is located along the Israeli coastal plain....
 metropolitan area. The city has a population of 37,500, and interestingly, less than 50% of its municipal area is built up, as it is bordered by two large installations limiting the growth of the city: a large fuel and gas distribution center, and Israel Military Industries
Israel Military Industries

Israel Weapons Industries , formerly the small arm "Magen" division of the Israel Military Industries Ltd. In 2005, the Small Arms Division of IMI was privatized as Israel Weapon Industries Ltd....
' headquarters.

History

Ramat HaSharon was established in 1922 as Ir Shalom (City of Peace) by group of people from Jaffa who wanted to found a rural village outside of the crowded of Jaffa.

It was first settled one year later, in 1923.

Later, in 1932, the city was renamed Kfar Ramat HaSharon (Sharon Height Village), with the "Kfar" being officially dropped several years later.

Ramat HaSharon used to have many farmery growths including tobacco and fruits from all kinds, among them citrus fruit.

Demographics


The majority of the buildings in Ramat Hasharon are residential, with single family lots for families of medium to high income, although the number of multiple family dwellings is growing. There is one neighborhood, a relic of the immigration waves of the 1950s, which is lower income.

Schools


  • HaMidrasha - The Art Teachers Training College, is located in Ramat HaSharon.
  • Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music is an independent professional music school for the advanced study of contemporary music.
  • Yigal Alon High School
  • Rotberg High School
  • Kalman Junior High School
  • Alumim Junior High School
  • Osishkin elementary school -was the first elementary school all over Ramat HaSharon.
  • Hadar elementary school
  • Amirim elementary school
  • Oranim elementary school
  • Golan elementary school
  • Kiryat Ye'arim elementary school


Sports

Ramat HaSharon is home to the Israel Tennis Center
Israel Tennis Centers

Israel Tennis Centers is the largest tennis program for children in the world, reaching more than 350,000 families -- 5% of the Israeli population....
, founded in 1976, which hosts and organizes international, national and regional tennis tournaments. Along with tennis facilities, which include 24 illuminated courts, and stands which seat up to 4,500 spectators, the central management of the organization, which manages 13 other tennis centers around the country, is located in the town.

The city's women basketball team, Electra Ramat HaSharon, is one of the leading teams in the Israeli league and a former European champion.

The city's football team, Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon
Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon F.C.

Hapoel Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon is an Israeli association football based in Ramat HaSharon. They are currently in Liga Leumit and plat at the Yankela Grundman Stadium, named after Ya'akov Grundman, a former manager of the Israel national football team....
, play in Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football below the Israeli Premier League. One Liga Leumit match is shown each week on Channel 1 ....
, the second tier of Israeli football
Football in Israel

Association football is the unofficial national sport of Israel. Football as an organised sport first developed in the United Kingdom who controlled Israel during the days of the British Mandate of Palestine....
.

The city's leading junior high "Alumim" has the leading sports class in israel for many years, sporting consecutive championships at various sports, most notably are their achievements in Athletics.

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