The Center District (Hebrew: מחוז המרכז, Meḥoz haMerkaz) of Israel is one of six administrative districts, including most of the Sharon region. The district capital is Ramla. The district's largest city is Rishon LeZion. Its population as of 2005 was 1,613,700. According to the Israeli Central Beurau of statistics 88% of the population is Jewish, 8% is Arab, and 4% are not classified, (most are Russians of partially Jewish extraction or family relationship).
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| Districts of Israel |  |
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| Jerusalem District | North
District | Haifa District | Center District |
Tel Aviv District | South District |
Judea and Samaria Area1
Note: (1) This division is not part of the state of Israel under Israeli or international law, but serves as an administrative unit of the Israeli government serving the Israeli settlements in the West Bank. |
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| Cities | Hod HaSharon | Kfar Saba | 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 |  |
| Local councils | Be'er Ya'akov | Beit Dagan | Bnei Ayish | El'ad | Elyakhin | Even Yehuda | Gan Yavne | Gedera | Giv'at Shmuel | Jaljulia | Kafr Bara | Kafr Qasim | Kfar Yona | Kiryat Ekron | Kokhav Ya'ir | Mazkeret Batya | Pardesiya | Ramot HaShavim | Savyon | Shoham | Tel Mond | Tzoran-Kadima | Zemer | |
| Regional councils | Brenner | Gan Rave | Gederot
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| Boroughs | Neve Monosson | Maccabim-Re'ut | |
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