Ramla Subdistrict Explained

Ramla subdistrict
Native Name:נפת רמלה
قضاء الرملة
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Israel
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Central
Area Total Km2:339
Population Total:335600
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Demographics Type1:Ethnicity
Demographics1 Title1:Jews and others
Demographics1 Info1:88.4%
Demographics1 Title2:Arabs
Demographics1 Info2:11.6%
Type:Subdistrict

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

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population, by Population Group, Religion, Age and Sex, District and Sub-District. 2017. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. https://web.archive.org/web/20180509012748/http://cbs.gov.il/shnaton68/st02_19x.pdf. May 9, 2018. May 8, 2018.
  2. Web site: Subdistricts of Israel. statoids. 29 January 2019.