Hadera

Also known as Haderah, Hdera, Hedera, Chedera

Hadera (, ) is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel, in the northern Sharon region, approximately 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city is located along 7 km (5 mi) of the Israeli coastal plain. The city's population includes a notable community of post-Soviet and Ethiopian aliyah arrivals. In it had a population of .

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Hadera is a city in Israel, situated within the Hadera Subdistrict and the Sharon Plain on the Israeli coastal plain. Established in 1890, it serves as the capital of the subdistrict. The city has a population of 100,630 and covers an area of 49.359 square kilometers. Its head of government is Zvi Gendelman.

The municipality includes the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center and the Democratic School of Hadera. Public transport is available at the Hadera – West Railway Station. The area features the Hadera Stream as a natural reservoir. Hadera is twinned with Nuremberg, Charlotte, Besançon, and Derbent.

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Place details

Locality: חדרה
Region: מחוז חיפה
Country: ישראל
Population: 97,335
Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem

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Air quality

62US AQIModerate

PM2.5: 14.9 µg/m³
PM10: 24.9 µg/m³

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Hadera
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.translit_lang1: Hebrew
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: ISO 259
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1: Ḥdera
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: Hadera_COA.png
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Coat of arms
Settlement.pushpin_map: Israel haifa#Israel
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Hadera
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Nir Ben Haim
Settlement.unit_pref: dunam
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Travel guide

Get around

There are 14 local bus lines, operated by Egged.

Lines 16, 18, 20 are commuter lines to the train station. The regular service bus lines are 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 22. Lines 6, 7, 9 and 11 are circular lines that depart from the Central Bus Station.

Line 54, operated by Kavim, is also somehow a local bus line but it has few stops at Hadera and it continues to the town of Elyakhin.

Sleep

These is a single hotel in Hadera.

Go next

Caesarea is located north of Hadera.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Encyclopedic overview

17 sections

Contents

History
Ottoman era
British Mandate
State of Israel
Geography
Demographics
Education
Transportation
Economy
Healthcare
Neighborhoods
Sports
Major terrorist attacks
Twin towns – sister cities
See also
References
External links

Hadera was established in 1891 as a farming colony by members of the Zionist group, Hovevei Zion, from Lithuania and Latvia. By 1948, it was a regional center with a population of 11,800. In 1952, Hadera was declared a city, with jurisdiction over an area of 53,000 dunams.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hadera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.