Rehovot Subdistrict
Rehovot subdistrict נפת רחובות قضاء رحوفوت | |
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Subdistrict | |
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 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.