Netanya, Central District, Israel

Geography | Kiryat Sanz | Economy | Urban development

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netanya is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is 30 km north of Tel Aviv, and 56 km south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the Avihayil stream in the north. Netanya was named in honor of Nathan Straus, a prominent Jewish American merchant and philanthropist in the early 20th century who was the co-owner of Macy's department store.

Its 14ย km (8.7ย mi) of beaches have made the city a popular tourist resort. In 2019, it had a population of 221,353, making it the 7th-largest city in Israel by population. An additional 150,000 people live in the local and regional councils within 10ย km (6ย mi) of Netanya, which serves as a regional centre for them.

Geography Netanya is located on the Israeli Mediterranean Coastal Plain, the historic land bridge between Europe, Africa, and Asia. The city is the capital of the Sharon plain, a geographic region stretching from the Mediterranean in the west to the Samarian hills in the east, and the modern day Tel Aviv metropolitan area in the south northwards to Mount Carmel. Although capital of a densely populated region, Netanya itself is relatively separate from settlements to the north, south, and east, though over time, growth has incorporated some into what makes up modern day Netanya.

Apart from some small moshavim and kibbutzim, south of Netanya is relatively clear of settlement until Herzliya and the start of the Gush Dan, Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area. Likewise, to the north is clear of large settlement until Hadera, and the east until Tulkarm in the West Bank. The area to the east of Netanya does, however, have a large concentration of kibbutzim and moshavim in the Hefer Valley Regional Council and local councils of Kfar Yona and Even Yehuda.

Netanya itself is divided into a large number of neighborhoods, recently growing southwards out of the city to create a number of high-end coastal neighborhoods with industrial areas inland. Netanya is home to the Poleg nature reserve and the Irises Dora Rainpool nature park containing the world's largest population of iris atropurpurea. At the centre of the park is a rainpool which fills up with water in the winter months, and dries up over the summer months. Signs along the rainpool include information on the types of flora and fauna which populate the ecosystem.

Kiryat Sanz In 1956 a beachfront in northern Netanya was selected as a home base for the Sanzer Hasidim by its leader, Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam. Halberstam established kindergartens, boys' and girls' schools, yeshivas, seminaries, synagogues, a children's home for orphaned and needy girls, an old-age home, and a hospital. In addition to religious services, Kiryat Sanz had a diamond polishing factory built by a New York diamond merchant. Halberstam established his court here in 1960. Following his death in 1994, his eldest son, Rabbi Zvi Elimelech Halberstam, known as the Sanzer Rebbe, became the spiritual leader of the Sanz community in Israel. In 2010, Kiryat Sanz had a population of approximately 1000 families. Most of the older generation are Holocaust survivors. Besides its educational facilities for boys and girls from elementary to post-graduate, there are five synagogues, a mikveh, a printing house, a religious hotel, a religious nursing school, and the Laniado Hospital, which encompasses two medical centres, a children's hospital, a geriatric centre and a nursing school, serving a regional population of over 450,000.

Economy Industry in Netanya is largely divided between four industrial parks. In the south of the city, the newest of these, Poleg, houses the first branch of IKEA in Israel as well as many technology companies, such as Ceedo and LogiTag. Tourism also plays a fairly major part in Netanya's economy with some 19 hotels in the city having 1,452 rooms. On average, this creates some 589 jobs. The hotels had an average occupancy rate of 51.7% in 2006. Netanya's long seashore and many beaches have created a holiday industry, which in turn features resort hotels, restaurants, and malls.

Urban development Several of the tallest buildings in Israel are located in Netanya. The construction of eight new skyscrapers, six of them over 30 stories, was approved in 2011. Dozens of 40โ€“42-story skyscrapers have been planned, many of them along the shore.

Netanya is developing according to master plans for 2035 which seek to massively increase residential units and office space in the city, as well as a new marina and piers. As part of the plan, the intention of the municipality is for the city's population to reach 320,000 by 2035.

The city seeks to become a major tourist hub for local and overseas tourism, with an "Israeli Riviera" on the shore. Among the projects planned in 2013 was the construction of 2,062 housing units and 1,100 hotel rooms while leaving much of the land as open space. The city has set itself a goal to expand open space from 56 to 70 percent. The plan is expected to attract more residents, boost hotel development, and increase the number of gardens and green spaces. It has been suggested that as the city's population expands, a light rail system may be built there in the future.

Netanya, Central District, Israel 
<b>Netanya, Central District, Israel</b>
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Netanya has a population of over 221,353 people. Netanya also forms one of the centres of the wider Central District which has a population of over 2,115,800 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Netanya has links with:

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Acapulco, Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Batumi, Georgia ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bournemouth, England ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Changzhou, China ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Como, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Dortmund, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Gelendzhik, Russia ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Giessen, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Gold Coast, Australia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Iaศ™i, Romania ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Nice, France ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Nowy Sฤ…cz, Poland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Podฤ›brady, Czech Republic ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Sarcelles, France ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Siming District, China ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Siรณfok, Hungary ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Stavanger, Norway ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Sunny Isles Beach, USA ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Xiamen, China
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Antipodal to Netanya is: -145.133,-32.343

Locations Near: Netanya 34.8671,32.3432

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Herzliya 34.841,32.164 d: 20.1  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Hod HaSharon 34.883,32.15 d: 21.5  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Drom HaSharon 34.9,32.133 d: 23.5  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Petah Tikva 34.881,32.09 d: 28.2  

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Ramat Gan 34.816,32.084 d: 29.3  

Antipodal to: Netanya -145.133,-32.343

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