Netanya (Hebrew: נְתַנְיָה, Stanard Hebrew Nətanya) is a city in the Centre District of Israel and is the capital of the Sharon plain. It is located between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north. Its 14km of beaches have made the city a very popular tourist resort. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2006 the city had a total population of 173,800. The city mayor is Miriam Feirberg. The city is expected to reach a population of 350,000 by 2020.