Plain of Sharon
The Sharon plain is the central section of the Israeli coastal plain. The name Sharon is derived from the Akkadian word "A-Sharanu" which literally translates to a "thick forest," which the area was until its deforestation in the late 19th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
- Type: Plain
- Description: northern half of the coastal plain of Israel
- Also known as: “HaSharon”, “Sharon”, “Sharon plain”, “Sharon Plain”, and “The Sharon Plain”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lev Hasharon mental hospital and Tractor Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kadima-Zoran and Tzur Moshe.
Kadima-Zoran
Village
Photo: Asafsagi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kadima-Zoran, also known as Kadima-Tzoran, is a local council in the Central District of Israel. The result of the 2003 union of the Tzoran and Kadima councils, in 2023 it had a population of 22,471.
Tzur Moshe
Village
Tzur Moshe is a moshav in central Israel, in the Central district. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 2,780.
Ein Sarid
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ein Sarid is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,503.
Plain of Sharon
- Categories: plain and landform
- Location: Central District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Plain of Sharon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سهل سارونة”
- Arabic: “سهل شارون”
- Arabic: “منطقة شارون”
- Basque: “Xarongo lautada”
- Catalan: “Xaron”
- Cebuano: “Plain of Sharon”
- Chinese: “沙龙平原”
- Czech: “Šaronská planina”
- Dutch: “Saron”
- Dutch: “Sharon”
- Dutch: “Sjaron‘”
- Dutch: “Sjaron”
- Esperanto: “Ebenaĵo Ŝarono”
- French: “Sharon”
- German: “Scharon-Ebene”
- German: “Scharonebene”
- Hebrew: “השרון”
- Hebrew: “מרחב השרון”
- Hungarian: “Saron-síkság”
- Hungarian: “Sáron-síkság”
- Indonesian: “Saron, Israel”
- Italian: “pianura di Saron”
- Italian: “pianura di Sharon”
- Italian: “Pianura di Sharon”
- Japanese: “シャロン平野”
- Lithuanian: “Šarono lyguma”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sharonsletten”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sharonsletta”
- Norwegian: “Sharonsletten”
- Polish: “Równina Szaron”
- Portuguese: “Sarom”
- Portuguese: “Sharon”
- Romanian: “Șaron”
- Russian: “Шарон”
- Spanish: “Llanura de Sharon”
- Spanish: “Llanura de Sharón”
- Swedish: “Plain of Sharon”
- Swedish: “Saron”
- Turkish: “Şaron Ovası”
- Ukrainian: “Рівнина Шарон”
- Ukrainian: “Шарон”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kadima and Qadima.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gan Le’ummi H̱olot Qadima and Ya‘ar Ilanot.
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