Tzoran-Kadima

Tzoran-Kadima צוֹרָן-קָדִימָה‎ كاديما تسوران‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Çoran-Qadíma
• Also spelled	Kadima-Tzoran (official)
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Tzoran-Kadima
Coordinates: 32°16′40″N 34°54′55″E / 32.27778°N 34.91528°ECoordinates: 32°16′40″N 34°54′55″E / 32.27778°N 34.91528°E
District	Central
Founded	2003 (merger)
Government
• Type	Local council (from 2003)
• Head of Municipality	Shavit Mass
Area
• Total	10,372 dunams (10.372 km^2 or 4.005 sq mi)
Population (2009)[1]
• Total	16,800
Name meaning	"Silicon"-"forward"

Tzoran-Kadima (Hebrew: צוֹרָן-קָדִימָה), also known as Kadima-Tzoran, is a local council in the Center District of Israel. It is the result of the 2003 union of the Tzoran and Kadima councils.

Tzoran-Kadima's population as of December 2009 was 16,800,^[1] up from 15,700 at the end of 2004. Most of these are Jews. In 2005, the male/female ratio is 1,013 women to every 1,000 men. The average income of working residents in 2003 was ₪8,544, higher than the national average of ₪6,008. During the 2003/2004 school year, 67.6% of twelfth graders received a Bagrut (matriculation) certificate.

Tzoran-Kadima is home to the "Ta'am Shel Pa'am" (A Taste of Old) museum for the history of the settlement in the elementary school "Nitzanei HaSharon".

History

Kadima

Kadima was founded on July 5, 1933 as an agricultural settlement at the initiative of Yehoshua Hankin. Most of the settlers were German immigrants.^[2] Kadima was declared a local council in 1950, and merged with Tzoran in 2003.

Kadima means "forward" in Hebrew, and comes from a Biblical verse (Habakkuk 1:9).^[2]

Tzoran

Tzoran, meaning silicon, was founded in 1992 and was planned by architect Rachel Walden. The settlement was named after a Hasmonean city that had existed in the area. It was first populated in 1994, and declared a local council in 1997, until it merged with Kadima in 2003.

References

1. "Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 2,000 Residents and Other Rural Population" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
2. HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel (in Hebrew). Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books. p. 829. ISBN 965-448-413-7.