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Hadera
A town in central Israel, situated between Haifa and Tel Aviv, was founded
in 1890 by members of Hovevei Zion, a group of Zionist immigrants from Russia
and Eastern Europe. The name Haderah comes from the Arabic al-Khadra_' ("the
Green"), referring to the color of the swamp vegetation of the area. The
notorious swamps of Haderah caused more than half the settlers of Haderah
to die of malaria during its first 20 years. The settlers received aid,
however, in 1895 when Baron Edmond de Rothschild, a wealthy French philanthropist,
gave them funds to drain the swamps by building canals and planting large
eucalyptus groves. The eucalyptus tree soon became Haderah's symbol.
At first, agriculture was the main occupation of Haderah's settlers. They
planted field and vegetable garden crops and citrus groves. But as the
population of Haderah increased, the economy expanded and industrialized.
Today, industry has become the main element in the town's economy. Situated
in Haderah are the American Israel Paper Mills, and the Alliance Tire
and Rubber Company, food-preserve plants and other enterprises. Agriculture,
however, has continued to develop and there are now carp ponds, beehives,
cattle, poultry, and flower and banana fields in Haderah. In the early
1990s, there were 46,000 inhabitants.
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