Central District (Israel)

{{Short description|District of Israel}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Central District

| translit_lang1 = -

| translit_lang1_type = Hebrew

| translit_lang1_info = {{Script/Hebrew|מְחוֹז הַמֶּרְכָּז}}

| translit_lang1_type1 = Arabic

| translit_lang1_info1 = {{lang|ar|المنطقة الوسطى}}

| type = {{flagicon|Israel}} District of Israel

| image_map = Center District in Israel (undisputed).svg

| mapsize = 150px

| map_caption =

| subdivision_type = Cities

| subdivision_name = 22

| subdivision_type1 = Local Councils

| subdivision_name1 = 18

| subdivision_type2 = Regional Councils

| subdivision_name2 = 12

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Ramla

| seat1_type = Largest

| seat1 = Rishon LeZion

| area_total_km2 = 1,293

| population_total = 2,365,000

| population_as_of = 2023

| population_density_km2 =auto

| iso_code = IL-M

| population_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/shnaton/templ_shnaton.html?num_tab=st02_16x&CYear=2015|title=Localities by Population, by District, Sub-District and Type of Locality|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics}}

| leader_name = Jonathan Bar-Siman-Tov

| leader_title = District CommissionerTransfer of Power (District Commissioners and District Officers) Law, 5724-1964, Laws of the State of Israel vol. 18 no 38. (pp. 70-71)

| government_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.il/he/Departments/General/board|title=בעלי תפקידים במשרד הפנים|website=GOV.IL}}

}}

File:Geographical distribution of the main ethno-cultural communities Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv and Central districts.jpg

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The Central District ({{langx|he|מְחוֹז הַמֶּרְכָּז}}, Meḥoz haMerkaz; {{langx|ar|المنطقة الوسطى}}) of Israel is one of six administrative districts, including most of the Sharon region. It is further divided into four sub-districts: Petah Tikva, Ramla, Sharon, and Rehovot. The district's largest city is Rishon LeZion. The district's population as of 2017 was 2,115,800. According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, 88% of the population is Jewish, 8.2% is Arab, and 4% are "non-classified", being mostly former Soviet Union immigrants of partial or nominal Jewish ethnic heritage or household members of Jews.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton68/st02_17.pdf|title=Localities and Population, by Population Group, District, Sub-District and Natural Region|year=2016|work=Statistical Abstract of Israel|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619001908/http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton68/st02_17.pdf|archive-date=19 June 2018|url-status=dead}}