About Ramat Hasharon
Ramat HaSharon is a city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, bordering Tel Aviv to the south, Hod HaSharon to the east and Herzliya and Kibbutz Glil Yam to the north. In 1009, the city had a population of 40,600. Ramat HaSharon, originally Ir Shalom, was a moshava established in 1913 (Hebrew: עִיר שָׁלוֹם, lit. City of Peace) by olim from Poland. Ramat HaSharon is home to the Israel Tennis Center, founded in 1975, which hosts and organizes international, national and regional tennis tournaments. The Geology Museum is located in a Bauhaus style building built in 1945.