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Hadera
Hebrew	חדרה
Name Meaning	Green (in Arabic)
Founded in	1890
Government	City
District	Haifa
Coordinates	32°28′N 34°53′E
Population	75,300 (2004)
Jurisdiction	53,000 dunams (53 km²)
Mayor	Chaim Avitan

Hadera (Hebrew: חדרה) is a city in the Haifa District between Tel Aviv and Haifa in Israel. At the end of 2004 the city had a total population of 75,300. Hadera is the hometown of windsurfing champion Gal Fridman, the first Israeli to win an Olympic gold medal.

Hadera was founded in 1891, at the dawn of modern Zionizm by Russian and Eastern European immigrants who were members of the Zionist group Hovevei Zion. Its first settlers were decimated by nearby malaria-breeding swamps as the city's cemetery bears witness. The name Hadera comes from the Arabic word khadra, meaning "green" It referred to the wild weeds which covered the marshes.

There is a synagogue in the middle of town, along with remnants of an Arab inn, which was purchased with the land and served as the first house of the pioneers.

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According to CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city was 99.2% Jewish and other non-Arab, with no significant Arab population. There are 776 immigrant settlers. See Population groups in Israel.

According to CBS, in 2001 there were 35,700 males and 37,400 females. The population of the city was spread out with 32.9% 19 years of age or younger, 15.4% between 20 and 29, 18.8% between 30 and 44, 17.3% from 45 to 59, 4.0% from 60 to 64, and 11.7% 65 years of age or older. The population growth rate in 2001 was 1.7%.

According to CBS, as of 2000, in the city there were 27,920 salaried workers and 1,819 are self-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried worker in the city is ILS 5,135, a real change of 8.0% over the course of 2000. Salaried males have a mean monthly wage of ILS 6,607 (a real change of 9.0%) versus ILS 3,598 for females (a real change of 3.1%). The mean income for the self-employed is 6,584. There are 1,752 people who receive unemployment benefits and 6,753 people who receive an income guarantee.

According to CBS, there are 42 schools and 15,622 students in the city. They are spread out as 24 elementary schools and 7,933 elementary school students, and 21 high schools and 7,689 high school students. 57.5% of 12th grade students were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001.

In 1987 Israel's first Democratic school was started in Hadera - the Democratic School of Hadera.

Hadera, considered a relatively safe place by its citizens, was jolted by several acts of terrorism over the course of a few years, including a suicide bomber who blew himself up at a falafel stand on October 26, 2005, killing five civilians. However, since the construction of the nearby West Bank barrier, the frequency of such incidents has dropped dramatically.

On August 4, 2006, three rockets fired by Hezbollah hit Hadera. Hadera is 50 miles (80 km) south of the Lebanese border and is the farthest point inside Israel that the terrorist group has hit. Five people were treated for shock. Hezbollah claimed to carry out the attack using Khaibar-1 rockets.

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Haifa District
Cities	Baqa-Jat | Carmel City | Hadera | Haifa | Kiryat Atta | Kiryat Bialik | Kiryat Motzkin | Kiryat Yam | Nesher | Or Akiva | Tirat Karmel | Umm al-Fahm
Local councils	Ar'ara | Binyamina-Giv'at Ada | Jisr az-Zarqa | Kfar Qara | Ma'ale Iron | Pardes Hanna-Karkur | Fureidis | Kiryat Tiv'on | Rekhasim | Zikhron Ya'aqov
Regional councils	Alona | Hof Karmel | Menashe | Zevulun

Coordinates: 32°27′N 34°54′E