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Kadima-Zoran קָדִימָה צוֹרָן‎
Local council (from 2003)
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Qadíma-Çoran
• Also spelled	Kadima-Tzoran (official)
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Coordinates: 32°16′34″N 34°54′40″E / 32.27611°N 34.91111°E / 32.27611; 34.91111
Country	Israel
District	Central
Founded	2003 (merger)
Government
• Head of Municipality	Keren Green
Area
• Total	10,372 dunams (10.372 km or 4.005 sq mi)
Population
• Total	23,220
• Density	2,200/km (5,800/sq mi)
Name meaning	"Forward"-"Silicon"

Kadima-Zoran (Hebrew: קדימה-צורן), also known as Kadima-Tzoran, is a local council in the Central District of Israel. The result of the 2003 union of the Tzoran and Kadima councils, in 2022 it had a population of 23,220.

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

History

Before the 20th century, the territory of Kadima-Zoran formed part of the Forest of Sharon, a hallmark of the region's historical landscape. It was an open woodland dominated by Mount Tabor Oak (Quercus ithaburensis), which extended from Kfar Yona in the north to Ra'anana in the south. The local Arab inhabitants traditionally used the area for pasture, firewood and intermittent cultivation. The intensification of settlement and agriculture in the coastal plain during the 19th century led to deforestation and subsequent environmental degradation known from Hebrew sources.

Kadima

Kadima was founded on 5 July 1933 as an agricultural settlement at the initiative of Yehoshua Hankin. Most of the settlers were German immigrants. The name means "forward" in Hebrew, and was taken from a Biblical verse (Habakkuk 1:9). The town was declared a local council in 1950.

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.

Notable people

• Tohar Butbul (born 1994), Olympic judoka
• Yoav Cohen (born 1999), Olympic windsurfer
• Roi Huber (born 1997), basketball player
• David Levin (born 1999), ice hockey player

References

1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. Marom, Roy (1 December 2022). "יער‬ ‫השרון (אל-ע'אבה) בתקופה העות'מאנית:‬ ‫בתקופה‬ ‫מהמחקר‬ ‫חדשות‬ ‫תובנות‬ ‫הגיאוגרפי-היסטורי The Oak Forest of the Sharon (al-Ghaba) in the Ottoman Period: New Insights from Historical- Geographical Studies". Muse. 5: 90–107.
3. ^ 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.

External links

• Official Website

v t e Central District of Israel
Cities	El'ad Giv'at Shmuel Hod HaSharon Kafr Qasim Kfar Saba Kfar Yona 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
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Boroughs	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut Neve Monosson
See also	Gush Dan Sharon plain
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