Facts and Figures

Population

6,500

 

Potential Population

20,000

 

Neighborhoods

Ginot Shomron, Karnei Shomron, Neve Menachem, Alonei Shilo, Ramat Gilad

 

Climate

 

Moderate.

Cooler than Tel Aviv, warmer than Jerusalem

 

Average Age of Adult Population:

30-40

 

Housing

Mid-size apartments, duplex cottages (attached houses) private homes

 

Housing availability

Private lots for new building; second-hand apartments, cottages and private homes; rentals

 

Religious affiliation

50% religiously observant

 

Religious services

9 synagogues, 3 mikvaot

 

Education

Daycare--local

Kindergarten--local

Elementary--local

Junior & senior high school national religious for boys--local

Junior & senior high school national religious for girls--Kedumim

Junior & senior high school (national)--Alfei Menashe and Kfar Saba

Special needs resource center

       (learning/emotional/speech/occupational therapies)--local

 

Employment

Local - education, service professions, commercial printing plant, self-employment. local crafts. Commutable to greater Tel Aviv.

 

Industry

A local industrial zone houses locally-owned workshops, in addition to several local cottage industries housed in homes or rented facilities

 

Distance to major cities

 

Kfar Saba - 20 km (12 miles)

Tel Aviv -     40 km (24 miles

Netanya -    47 km (29 miles)

Jerusalem  - 85 km (53 miles)

Transportation:

 

Regular Dan bus service to Kfar Saba, Raanana, Petach Tikva and other towns in the Shomron

Regular Egged service to Jerusalem

 

Health Funds (HMOs)

 

Klalit Clinic

Leumit Clinic

Medical services offered to member of the Meuchedet and Maccabi Health Funds

 

Commercial services

Post Office

Bank

Shopping Center

Restaurants

 

Recreation & Attractions

Nahal Kana nature reserve, hiking, Biblical botanical gardens, wildlife, on the border of Biblical Ephraim and Menashe, parks, outdoor tennis courts, outdoor basketball courts, indoor basketball, year-round swimming pool and health club, senior citizen center, youth movements, libraries