Rehovot Subdistrict
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
The subdistrict is composed mostly of the western half of what has been, during Mandatory Palestine, the Ramle Subdistrict.
Demographics
| 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
| Cities | Local Councils | Regional Councils |
|---|---|---|
Voting Patterns
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
- ↑ "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.
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