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Rehovot Subdistrict
נפת רחובות قضاء رحوفوت | |
|---|---|
Subdistrict | |
 Central District in blue, with Rehovot Subdistrict in dark blue | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Area | |
• Total | 324 km2 (125 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 586,900 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Jews and others | 99.8% |
| • Arabs | 0.2% |
The Rehovot Subdistrict is one of Israel's subdistricts in Central District.[2] The principal city of the subdistrict is, as the name implies, Rehovot.
History
[edit]The subdistrict is composed mostly of the western half of what has been, during Mandatory Palestine, the Ramle Subdistrict.
Demographics
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 141,200 | — |
| 1983 | 229,700 | +62.7% |
| 1995 | 343,400 | +49.5% |
| 2008 | 496,370 | +44.5% |
| 2022 | 629,784 | +26.9% |
| 2024 | 648,745 | +3.0% |
Administrative local authorities
[edit]| Cities | Local Councils | Regional Councils |
|---|---|---|
Voting Patterns
[edit]In the 2022 election, 51 percent of voters in the subdistrict voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu, while 49 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid. The Arab parties received a mere 0.2 percent of the vote.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Population, by Population Group, Religion, Age and Sex, District and Sub-District" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Subdistricts of Israel". statoids. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ↑ "Regional Statistics". www.cbs.gov.il. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Additional files - census 2008". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "The true results of the elections for the 25th Knesset". Israel: Central Elections Committee. November 1, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2026.