Eastern Sharon Natural Region

32°16′00″N 35°00′34″E / 32.26667°N 35.00944°E / 32.26667; 35.00944

Eastern Sharon Natural Region
Natural Region
Skyline of Tayibe, the largest city in the Eastern Sharon Natural Region
Interactive map of Eastern Sharon Natural Region
Country	Israel
District	Central
Subdistrict	HaSharon
Largest City	Tayibe
Area
• Total	87 km2 (34 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[1]
• Total	124,922
Ethnicity
• Jews and others	12.8%
• Arabs	85.5%

The Eastern Sharon Natural Region is a natural region in the HaSharon Subdistrict, in the Central District of Israel. Tayibe is the largest city in the natural region.

Geography

The natural region consists of the portion of the Triangle that is coextensive with the central portion of the Sharon plain, east of Netanya and adjacent to the Green Line. It has an area of 87 km².^[2] The largest city in the natural region is Tayibe, which contains 38 percent of the natural region's population. Two other major towns in the natural region are Tira and Qalansawe. The natural region contains portions of the Hefer Valley and Lev HaSharon regional councils.

Demographics

At 85 percent of the population, a large majority of the residents of the Eastern Sharon Natural Region are Arabs. This is the largest proportion of Arabs of any natural region in Israel outside the Northern District. The four most populous places - Tayibe, Tira, Qalansawe, and Zemer - are all populated by Arabs. The other 11 towns and villages in the natural region are populated by Jews, who constitute 13 percent of the population.

Administrative local authorities

Voting Patterns

In the 2022 election, 80 percent of voters in the natural region voted for the Arab parties, while 14 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 5 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu.^[5]

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