Ramla Subdistrict
Ramla subdistrict נפת רמלה قضاء الرملة | |
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Subdistrict | |
Country | Israel |
District | Central |
Area | |
• Total | 339 km2 (131 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 335,600 |
Ethnicity | |
• Jews and others | 88.4% |
• Arabs | 11.6% |
The Ramla subdistrict is one of Israel's subdistricts in the Central District.[2] There are three principal cities in the subdistrict: Ramla, Lod, and Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut.
History
[edit]The subdistrict is composed mostly of the eastern half of what had been during Mandatory Palestine the Ramle Subdistrict before it was ethnically cleansed by Zionist forces during the Nakba.
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.
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