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The following list of cities in Israel is based on the current index of the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Within Israel's system of local government, an urban municipality can be granted a city council by the Israeli Interior Ministry when its population exceeds 20,000. The term "city" does not generally refer to local councils or urban agglomerations, even though a defined city often contains only a small portion of an urban area or metropolitan area's population. 75 Israeli municipalities are considered cities.

For that reason, a city's position on this list may not necessarily reflect its relative social or economic importance. Jerusalem has a larger population than Tel Aviv, yet the Tel Aviv metropolitan area (Gush Dan) is many times larger due to its numerous satellite towns and suburbs. Because they identify with their central city as the economic, cultural and often political center of the urban area, many definitions (and people's perceptions) of cities include the entire metropolitan region, as in Ben Gurion International Airport being referred to as Tel Aviv Airport even though it is actually closer to Lod and Yehud-Monosson.

List of cities

Israel has 14 cities with populations over 100,000, including Jerusalem at over a 500,000, and Tel Aviv, which is considered to be approaching global city status.[1] In all, there are 74 Israeli municipalities granted "city" status by the CBS, the most recent addition being the Arab Israeli settlement of Kafr Qasim.[2] The following sortable table lists all Israeli cities by name, district, area, and population, according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics' 2004[3] and 2006[4] data:


Common Name District Area (km²)[5] Hebrew Arabic Population (2004)[3] Population (2006)[4]
Afula North 26.909 עפולה العفولة 38,900 39,300
Acre[6] North 13.533 עכו عكا 47,900 46,000
Arad South 93.140 ערד عراد 23,500 23,400
Ariel[7] Judea & Samaria[8] 14.677 אריאל أريأل 16,400 16,500
Ashdod South 47.242 אשדוד أشدود/إسدود 196,900 204,400
Ashkelon[9] South 47.788 אשקלון أسكلون/

عسقلان/المجدل

105,100 107,900
Baqa-Jatt Haifa 16.392 באקה-ג'ת باقة جت 30,200 31,600
Bat Yam Tel Aviv 8.167 בת ים بات يام 130,400 129,900
Beersheba[10] South 52.903 באר שבע بئر السبع 184,500 185,800
Beit She'an[11] North 7.330 בית שאן بيسان 16,000 16,400
Beit Shemesh[12] Jerusalem 34.259 בית שמש بيت شيمش 61,900 69,300
Betar Illit Judea & Samaria[8] 6.801 ביתר עילית بيتار عيليت 24,900 29,000
Bnei Brak[13] Tel Aviv 7.088 בני ברק بني براك 142,300 147,800
Carmel City[14] Haifa 15.561 עיר הכרמל مدينة الكرمل 23,600 24,400
Dimona South 29.877 דימונה ديمونة 33,700 33,400
Eilat[15] South 84.789 אילת إيلات/

أم الرشراش

44,500 46,500
El'ad Center 2.756 אלעד 22,600 28,600
Giv'atayim Tel Aviv 3.246 גבעתיים جبعاتايم/

جفعاتايم

47,900 49,400
Hadera Haifa 49.359 חדרה الخضيرة 75,300 76,400
Haifa Haifa 63.666 חיפה حيفا 268,300 267,000
Herzliya[16] Tel Aviv 21.585 הרצליה هرتسليا 83,600 84,200
Hod HaSharon Center 21.585 הוד השרון هود هشارون 41,700 44,500
Holon Tel Aviv 18.927 חולון حولون 165,800 167,300
Jerusalem Jerusalem 125.156 ירושלים أورشليم القدس 706,400 732,100
Karmiel[17] North 19.188 כרמיאל كرميئيل 43,500 44,200
Kafr Qasim[18] Center 9.2 כפר קאסם كفر قاسم 17,200[19]
Kfar Saba[20] Center 14.169 כפר סבא كفار سابا 79,800 81,400
Kiryat Atta[21] Haifa 16.706 קריית אתא كريات آتا 48,900 49,500
Kiryat Bialik[22] Haifa 8.178 קריית ביאליק كريات بياليك 36,800 36,600
Kiryat Gat[23] South 16.302 קריית גת كريات جات/

كريات غات

47,800 47,800
Kiryat Malakhi[24] South 4.632 קריית מלאכי كريات ملاخي 19,400 19,500
Kiryat Motzkin[25] Haifa 3.778 קריית מוצקין كريات موتسكين 39,500 39,800
Kiryat Ono[26] Tel Aviv 4.112 קריית אונו كريات أونو 24,800 26,200
Kiryat Shmona[27] North 14.228 קריית שמונה كريات شمونة 22,000 22,100
Kiryat Yam[28] Haifa 4.339 קריית ים كريات يام 38,000 37,300
Lod Center 12.226 לוד اللد 66,600 66,900
Ma'ale Adumim Judea & Samaria[8] 49.177 מעלה אדומים معلا أدوميم 28,900 31,700
Ma'alot-Tarshiha North 6.832 מעלות-תרשיחא معالوت ترشيحا 21,000 21,200
Migdal HaEmek[29] North 7.637 מגדל העמק مجدال هعيمق/

مغدال هعيمق

24,800 24,700
Modi'in-Maccabim

-Re'ut[30]

Center 50.176 מודיעין-מכבים

-רעות

موديعين مكابيم

-ريعوت

53,100 62,200
Nahariya[31] North 10.233 נהריה نهاريا 49,300 50,500
Nazareth North 14.123 נצרת الناصرة 63,800 64,800
Nazareth Illit[32] North 32.521 נצרת עילית الناصرة العليا 43,900 43,700
Nesher Haifa 12.790 נשר نيشر 21,200 21,300
Ness Ziona[33] Center 15.579 נס ציונה نيس تسيونا 27,800 30,900
Netanya Center 28.954 נתניה نتانيا 169,400 174,000
Netivot South 5.626 נתיבות نتيبوت/

نتيفوت

23,700 24,900
Ofakim[34] South 10.273 אופקים أوفاكيم 24,000 24,500
Or Akiva[35] Haifa 3.539 אור עקיבא أور عكيفا 15,800 15,800
Or Yehuda Tel Aviv 5.141 אור יהודה أور يهودا 30,100 31,200
Petah Tikva[36] Center 35.868 פתח תקווה بيتح تكفا 176,200 184,200
Qalansawe Center 8.417 קלנסווה قلنسوة 16,400 17,300
Ra'anana Center 14.878 רעננה رعنانا 70,500 72,800
Rahat South 19.586 רהט رهط 37,400 40,400
Ramat Gan Tel Aviv 13.229 רמת גן رمات جان/

رمات غان

130,400 129,800
Ramat HaSharon Tel Aviv 16.792 רמת השרון رمات هشارون 35,900 36,800
Ramla Center 11.854 רמלה الرملة 63,500 64,200
Rehovot Center 23.041 רחובות رحوبوت/

رحوفوت

101,900 104,600
Rishon LeZion[37] Center 58.704 ראשון לציון ريشون لتسيون 217,400 222,300
Rosh HaAyin Center 24.390 ראש העין رأس العين 36,300 37,400
Safed[38] North 29.248 צפת صفد 27,300 28,100
Sakhnin North 9.816 סח'נין سخنين 23,900 25,000
Sderot[39] South 4.472 שדרות سديروت 20,000 19,900
Shaghur (Shagor) North 17.737 שגור الشاغور 27,800 29,200
Shefa-'Amr (Shfar'am)[40] North 19.766 שפרעם شفا عمرو 32,000 33,500
Tamra North 29.259 טמרה طمرة 25,300 26,500
Tayibe Center 18.662 טייבה الطيبة 32,100 33,800
Tel Aviv-Jaffa[41] Tel Aviv 51.788 תל-אביב-יפו تل أبيب يافا 371,400 384,600
Tiberias North 10.872 טבריה طبريا 39,000 40,100
Tira Center 11.894 טירה الطيرة 20,300 21,100
Tirat Carmel[42] Haifa 5.601 טירת כרמל طيرة الكرمل 18,900 18,800
Umm al-Fahm Haifa 22.253 אום אל-פחם أم الفحم 40,000 42,100
Yavne Center 10.700 יבנה يبنة 31,800 31,900
Yehud-Monosson Center 5.014 יהוד-מונוסון يهود مونوسون 25,100 25,500
Yokneam North 7.390 יקנעם يوقنعم 17,800 18,500

Cities with a declining population

The population of six cities were lower in 2005 than in 2000.[4][43] They are sorted by approximate decline percentage:

Name 2000 estimate 2005 estimate Decline %
Bat Yam 137,000 129,700 7,300 5.3
Kiryat Yam 39,300 37,600 1,700 4.3
Arad 24,000 23,300 700 2.9
Nazareth Illit 44,400 43,700 700 1.5
Haifa 270,500 267,000 3,500 1.2
Dimona 33,900 33,500 400 1.1

Fastest growing cities

Eight cities grew by more than 12% between the years 2000 and 2005.[43][4] They are sorted by percent growth:

Name 2000 estimate 2005 estimate Growth %
Betar Illit 15,800 27,000 11,200 70.9
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut (formerly separate towns) 37,900 58,000 20,100 53.0
Beit Shemesh 44,200 65,900 21,700 49.1
Ma'ale Adumim 24,900 30,200 5,100 21.3
Hod HaSharon 36,000 43,100 7,100 19.7
Ashdod 174,200 200,600 26,400 15.2
Tamra 22,600 26,000 3,400 15
Nahariya 44,100 49,800 5,700 12.9
  • Note: The town of El'ad grew from 5,800 residents in 2000 to 25,500 in 2005, a growth of 339.7%. Similarly, Modi'in Illit grew from 16,400 residents to 30,500, an 86% growth. They were however local councils as of 2005, and are therefore excluded from the list.

Cities with a large immigrant population

Following is a list of cities with a large immigrant population. Immigrants are considered those who arrived in Israel after 1990. Most came from the former Soviet Union, although a considerable number came from Ethiopia and Argentina.

Name Population Immigrants since 1990 %
Nazareth Illit 43,900 20,300 46.2
Arad 23,500 10,100 43.0
Ariel 16,400 7,000 42.7
Or Akiva 15,800 6,700 42.4
Karmiel 43,500 16,900 38.9
Sderot 20,000 7,400 37.0
Ma'alot-Tarshiha 21,000 7,700 36.7
Kiryat Yam 38,000 13,900 36.6
Ashdod 196,900 69,600 35.4
Ashkelon 105,100 36,100 34.4
Bat Yam 130,400 42,800 32.8
Kiryat Gat 47,800 15,300 32.0
Nesher 21,200 6,500 30.7
Beersheba 184,500 56,200 30.5
Hadera 75,300 22,200 29.5
Netanya 169,400 46,400 27.4
Haifa 268,300 66,300 24.7
Petah Tikva 176,200 37,200 21.1
Rehovot 101,900 20,200 19.8
Rishon LeZion 217,400 40,200 18.5
Holon 165,800 29,500 17.8
Tel Aviv 371,400 45,500 12.3
Jerusalem 706,400 58,900 8.3

See also

References

  1. ^ Inventory of World Cities Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network
  2. ^ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3506107,00.html
  3. ^ a b "CBS 2004 estimate" (PDF) (in Template:He icon & Template:En icon). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2007-06-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. ^ a b c d "CBS 2006 estimate" (PDF) (in Template:He icon & Template:En icon). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2007-06-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. ^ "2004 local government profile" (in Template:He icon). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2007-08-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  6. ^ CBS spelling: Akko
  7. ^ CBS spelling: Ari'el
  8. ^ a b c Israel has not applied its sovereignty in this area, used to administrate Israeli settlements in the West Bank, with which it is roughly contiguous.
  9. ^ CBS spelling: Ashqelon
  10. ^ CBS spelling: Be'er Sheva
  11. ^ CBS spelling: Bet She'an
  12. ^ CBS spelling: Bet Shemesh
  13. ^ CBS spelling: Bene Beraq
  14. ^ CBS spelling: Ir Karmel
  15. ^ CBS spelling: Elat
  16. ^ CBS spelling: Herzliyya
  17. ^ CBS spelling: Karmi'el
  18. ^ CBS spelling:Kfar Kassem
  19. ^ As of 2005
  20. ^ CBS spelling: Kefar Sava
  21. ^ CBS spelling: Qiryat Atta
  22. ^ CBS spelling: Qiryat Bialik
  23. ^ CBS spelling: Qiryat Gat
  24. ^ CBS spelling: Qiryat Mal'akhi
  25. ^ CBS spelling: Qiryat Motzkin
  26. ^ CBS spelling: Qiryat Ono
  27. ^ CBS spelling: Qiryat Shemona
  28. ^ CBS spelling: Qiryat Yam
  29. ^ CBS spelling: Migdal HaEmeq
  30. ^ CBS spelling: Modi'in-Makkabbim-Re'ut
  31. ^ CBS spelling: Nahariyya
  32. ^ CBS spelling: Nazerat Illit
  33. ^ CBS spelling: Nes Ziyyona
  34. ^ CBS spelling: Ofaqim
  35. ^ CBS spelling: Or Aqiva
  36. ^ CBS spelling: Petah Tiqwa
  37. ^ CBS spelling: Rishon LeZiyyon
  38. ^ CBS spelling: Zefat
  39. ^ CBS spelling: Sederot
  40. ^ CBS spelling: Shefar'am
  41. ^ CBS spelling: Tel Aviv-Yafo
  42. ^ CBS spelling: Tirat Karmel
  43. ^ a b "CBS 2000 Estimate" (in Template:He icon & Template:En icon). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2007-06-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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