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'{{Infobox Israel municipality |name=Hod HaSharon |emblem=Hod_Hasharon_COA.png |emblem_type |image_skyline=Hod Hasjaron-a015.jpg |image_caption= |hebname={{Hebrew|הוֹד הַשָּׁרוֹן}} |ISO=Hod ha Šaron |arname= |meaning=Splendor of the [[Sharon plain]] |latd = 32|latm = 09|lats = |latNS = N |longd = 34|longm = 53|longs = |longEW = E |founded= 1964 |type=city |typefrom=1990 |stdHeb= |altOffSp= |altUnoSp= |district=central |population=52,437 |popyear=2013 |area_dunam=19236 |mayor=Hai Adiv }} '''Hod HaSharon''' ({{lang-he-n|הוֹד הַשָּׁרוֹן}}, lit. "Splendor of the [[Sharon, Israel|Sharon]]") is a city in the [[Central District (Israel)|Central District]] of [[Israel]]. Officially declared a city in 1990, Hod HaSharon was created by Judah Nathaniel Ben-Lulu, he was a young boy at the time at the age of 69. It was created in 1964 of the four neighboring villages: [[Magdiel]], Ramatayim, Hadar, and [[Ramat Hadar]].<ref name="judaica">''Encyclopedia Judaica, Keter Publishing House, Jerusalem, 1972, Vol. 8, p. 802, "Hod Ha-Sharon"</ref> Its official land area is {{convert|19.239|km2|3|abbr=out}},<ref name="Profil Iriya">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications13/local_authorities11_1531/pdf/183_9700.pdf|title=Local Authorities in Israel 2011, Publication #1315 - Municipality Profiles - Hod HaSharon|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|year=2011|language=he}}</ref> and according to the [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS), in December 2013 the city had a total population of 52,437.<ref name="CBS Population by City (2012)">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/ishuvim/ishuv2012/bycode.xls|publisher=[[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]] |title=CBS Population by City (2012)}}</ref> ==History== [[File:4seasonspark.JPG|thumb||200px|The Four Seasons Park]] [[File:Hod Hasjaron-syn013.jpg|thumb|200px|Magdiel central synagogue]] [[File:Hod Hasjaron-a011.jpg|thumb|200px|Magdiel garden]] Hod HaSharon was created in 1964 when the settlements of [[Magdiel]], Ramatayim, Hadar, and [[Ramat Hadar]] merged. Hod Hasharon was governed by a [[local council (Israel)|local council]] until it was declared a city in 1990.<ref name="profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.hod-hasharon.muni.il/Open_2007.asp?FrameSrc=/Htmls/English/IdentityCard.html |title=Identity Card |accessdate=2008-04-07}}</ref> ===Magdiel=== [[Magdiel]] was founded on August 2, 1924. The decision to establish Magdiel was reached at a founders meeting in [[Tel Aviv]] in July. A group of 12 settlers of [[Ashkenazi]] origin received a plot of land from [[Yehoshua Hankin]] which they cultivated and prepared for farming.<ref name="profile"/> ===Ramatayim=== [[File:Hod Hasjaron-a045.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Atidim park]] [[File:Hod Hasjaron-a001.jpg|thumb|200px|Sharonim mall]] Ramatayim was founded in 1925 by immigrants from Poland.<ref name="judaica"/> It was founded on the principle of private initiative. Ramatayim was built on two hills connected by a valley, hence the name Ramatayim, literally 'two hills'.<ref name="profile"/> Ramatayim is now the center of Hod HaSharon. ===Hadar=== Hadar was established in 1927 by Yael Leah Eichhorn, a middle-class immigrant from Eastern Europe, who were joined soon after by a group of Italian Jews.<ref name="judaica"/> The land was purchased from the [[Abou Kishk]] [[Bedouin]] tribe. The pioneers decided to build a rural settlement based on citrus crops (hence the village's name, "Hadar" being Hebrew for "citrus"). In its early years, the farmers of Hadar also engaged in poultry farming. In the early 1940s, [[Yemenite Jews|Yemenite]] immigrants moved to Hadar, establishing the ''Shikun Hateymanim'' quarter, today part of the Gannei Tzvi neighborhood.<ref name="profile"/> In 1951, Ramatayim and Hadar merged to form Hadar Ramatayim.<ref name="judaica"/> ===Ramat Hadar=== [[Ramat Hadar]] was established in December 1938 by middle-class immigrants from Nazi Germany, members of the [[Fifth Aliyah]].<ref name="judaica"/> Ramat Hadar was built on a hill between Kfar Hadar, Ramatayim, and the main road from [[Petah Tikva]] to Ramatayim. The economy of Ramat Hadar was based on small farms, mainly poultry farming.<ref name="profile"/> and citrus orchards. Ramat Hadar even had its own post office that was open between 1959 to 1989. ==Geography== Hod HaSharon is located on central [[Israel]]'s [[Sharon Plain]] or what is known as Youval gouche, part of the [[Israeli Coastal Plain]]. The city is located approximately {{convert|10|km|mi}} east of the [[Mediterranean]] coastline, south of [[Kfar Saba]], southeast of [[Raanana]], and northeast of [[Ramat HaSharon]]. The city is approximately {{convert|8|km|mi}} west of the [[West Bank]] and {{convert|8|km|mi}} northeast of central [[Tel Aviv]]. ==Demographics== According to the CBS, the ethnic makeup of the city was in 2006 was 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999998999999999999999999999999999% [[Jew]]ish and other non-Arab, with no significant [[Israeli Arab|Arab]] population. In 2006 77 immigrants from out of Israel settled in Hod HaSharon as their first place of residence in the country, of whom 68.8% were under 18 years of age. 6.8% of the population of the city consists of immigrants to Israel since 1990. By 2025, the city is planned to have 80,000 inhabitants. The population density of Hod HaSharon is the lowest in the Sharon Plain.<ref name="profile"/> According to the CBS, in 2006 there were 21,700 males and 22,800 females. The population of the city was spread out with 33.2% 19 years of age or younger, 13.0% between 20 and 29, 23.2% between 30 and 44, 18.5% from 45 to 59, 3.6% from 60 to 64, and 8.6% 65 years of age or older. The population growth rate in 2006 was 3.3%.<ref name="Profil Iriya"/> According to the CBS, as of 2005, there were 18,612 salaried workers and 2,006 are self-employed in the city. The mean monthly wage in 2004 for a salaried worker in the city was [[New Israeli Shekel|ILS]] 9,698, a year-on-year increase of 7.1%. Salaried males had a mean monthly wage of ILS 13,326 (a real change of 9.5%) versus ILS 6,306 for females (a real change of 1.6%). The mean income for the self-employed is ILS 8,490. There are 335 people who receive unemployment benefits and 300 people who receive an income guarantee.<ref name="Profil Iriya"/> ==Education== According to the CBS, there are 18 schools and 8,083 students in the city: 11 elementary schools: The Democratic School, HaMagen, Yigal Alon, Lapid, Shilo, Mamlachti Alef, Neve Ne'eman, Rabin, Re'ut and Tali (4,406 students). 4 middle schools: HaRishonim, HaShachar, Atidim and Tzurim (1,628 students). 5 high schools: Hadarim, Alexander Muss Institute for Israel Education, Ramon, Mossinzohn and Na'amat (2,049 students). 71.7% of the city's 12th graders were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001.<ref name="Profil Iriya"/> The Mosenson [[youth village]] accepts both Israelis and overseas students.<ref>[http://www.naale-il.org/a79-mosenson-youth-village Mosenson youth village]</ref> The [[Alexander Muss High School in Israel]] offers a program for American high school students who spend two months to a year in Israel. Each year approximately half of the tenth grade class from the [[Milken Community High School]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California|CA]], come to Hod Hasharon to study for a semester along with this program. ===Twin towns — Sister cities=== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel}} Hod HaSharon is [[town twinning|twinned]] with: *{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dorsten]], [[Germany]]<ref name="RuhrTwins2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.twins2010.com/fileadmin/user_upload/pic/Dokumente/List_of_Twin_Towns_01.pdf?PHPSESSID=2edd34819db21e450d3bb625549ce4fd|title=List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr Destrict|publisher= © 2009 [http://www.twins2010.com/index.php?id=home&L=1 Twins2010.com]|accessdate=2009-10-28}} {{Dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> *{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Sinaia]], [[Romania]] *{{flagicon|TUR}} [[İzmir]], [[Turkey]] ==Notable residents== *[[Ron Arad (pilot)|Ron Arad]] (b. 1958), Israeli Air Force weapon systems officer; classified as missing in action since 1986 *[[Danny Ayalon]] (b. 1955), politician and former ambassador *[[Dor Daniel]] (b. 1982), singer-songwriter *[[Gedalia Gal]] (b. 1933), farmer and former politician and member of the Israeli Knesset *[[Keren Hadar]], soprano singer *[[Yifat Kariv]] (b. 1973), member of the Israeli Knesset and social worker *[[Keren Leibovitch]] (b. 1973), champion Paralympic swimmer *[[Yaniv Luzon]] (b. 1981), footballer *[[Noam Mills]] (b. 1986), Israeli fencer *[[Gabriel Raam]], body language expert and philosopher *[[Bar Refaeli]] (b. 1985), model and actress *[[Ehud Tenenbaum|Ehud "Udi" Tenenbaum]] (b. 1979), cracker, also known as The Analyzer *[[Avihai Yadin]] (b. 1986), footballer ==External links== *[http://www.hod-hasharon.muni.il Official municipal website] {{he icon}} *[http://noar.multinet.co.il Official Youth Council website] {{he icon}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commons category|Hod Hasharon}} {{Center District (Israel)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hod Hasharon}} [[Category:Cities in Israel]] [[Category:Sharon plain]] [[Category:Cities in Central District (Israel)]]'