Ramat HaSharon

Ramat HaSharon
District	Tel Aviv
Government	City
Hebrew	רָמַת הַשָּׁרוֹן
Arabic	رمات هشارون
Name meaning	Sharon Height
Population	37,500 (2007)
Area	16,792 dunams (16.792 km2; 6.483 sq mi)
Mayor	Yitzhak Rochberger
Founded in	1923
Website	official website (Hebrew)

Location of Ramat HaSharon in the Tel Aviv District

The Yad LaBanim (Memorial for the Sons) structure in Ramat HaSharon. It's a memorial for the fallen soldiers from the city, and also houses the city library.

Ramat HaSharon (Hebrew: רָמַת הַשָּׁרוֹן‎, lit. Height of the Sharon) is a city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, bordering Tel Aviv to the south and Herzliya and Kibbutz Glil Yam to the north. It is part of the Tel Aviv District, within Gush Dan metropolitan area. The city has a population of 37,500,^[1] and 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' 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. In 1950 Ramat Hasharon population numbered about 900 residents, primarily involved in agriculture.

Several distinct neighborhood evolved in the 1970's, including Morasha on the southern edge, one with many military and airforce personnel in the eastern edge, and many successful professionals moved here. Ramat Hasharon became highly desirable place to live in the 1980's as a very safe, containing many gardens and wide boulevards, and attracting many upper middle class suburban families.

Ramat HaSharon used to have many farmery growths including significant strawberry fields and citrus groves.

Demographics

The majority of the buildings in Ramat Hasharon are residential, with single family lots for families of 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.

Education

Elementary Schools

• Osishkin elementary school -was the first elementary school all over Ramat HaSharon(Hebrew: בית ספר יסודי אוסישקין‎).
• Hadar elementary school (Hebrew: בית ספר יסודי הדר‎)
• Amirim elementary school (Hebrew: בית ספר יסודי אמירים‎)
• Oranim elementary school (Hebrew: בית ספר יסודי אורנים‎)
• Golan elementary school (Hebrew: בית ספר יסודי גולן‎)
• Kiryat Ye'arim elementary school (Hebrew: בית ספר יסודי קריית יערים‎)

Middle schools

• Kalman Middle School (Hebrew: חטיבת הביניים קלמן ‎)
• Alumim Middle High School (Hebrew: חטיבת הביניים עלומים ‎)

High schools

• Yigal Alon High School (Hebrew: תיכון יגאל אלון ‎)
• Rotberg High School (Hebrew: תיכון רוטברג ‎)

Higher education

• HaMidrasha - The Art Teachers Training College, is located in Ramat HaSharon.
• Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music (Hebrew: בית ספר לג'אז ולמוזיקה בת זמננו רמת השרון‎) is an independent professional music school for the advanced study of contemporary music.

Sports

Ramat HaSharon is home to the Israel Tennis Center, founded in 1975, 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. It also is home to Canada Stadium, where most Davis Cup and other significant Israeli matches have been played since the mid-1970s.

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, play in Liga Leumit, the second tier of Israeli football.

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.

Canada Stadium

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Ramat HaSharon is twinned with:

• Tallahassee, Florida
• Georgsmarienhütte, Germany^[2]
• Dunkirk, France^[3]
• Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France

References

External links

• Ramat HaSharon Municipality (Hebrew)
• Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
• Ramat HaSharon Portal (Hebrew)

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Coordinates: 32°09′N 34°50′E / 32.15°N 34.833°E / 32.15; 34.833