List of cities in Israel explained

This article lists the 73 localities in Israel that the Israeli Ministry of Interior has designated as a city council. It excludes the 4 Israeli settlements in the West Bank designated as cities, but occupied East Jerusalem is included within Jerusalem.

The list 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 Interior Ministry when its population exceeds 20,000.^[1] 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.

List

Israel has 16 cities with populations over 100,000, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Yafo.^[2] In all, there are 77 Israeli localities granted "municipalities" (or "city") status by the Ministry of the Interior, including four Israeli settlements in the West Bank.^[3] Two more cities are planned: Kasif, a planned city to be built in the Negev, and Harish, originally a small town currently being built into a large city. The area and population of Jerusalem includes that of East Jerusalem which has been de facto annexed by Israel and incorporated within Jerusalem's municipal borders under the Jerusalem Law. This, however, is not recognized by the international community who regard East Jerusalem to be Palestinian territory held under Israeli occupation.^{[4] [5]} If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second most populous city with 452,000 residents after Jerusalem with 919,000; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city before West Jerusalem with around 350,000.

The following table lists all Israeli cities by name, district, population, and area, according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics:

Name	Photo	District	data-sort-type="number"	First settlement	Population estimate,	Population census, 2008^[6]	Change, 2008– –	Area, km^2 ^[7]	Density, per km^2 ^[8]	Socio- economic index^[9]
Acre		North			13.5	3,362.0	−0.395
Afula		North			26.9	1,611.7	−0.028
Arad		South	1962		93.1	195.9	0.287
Arraba		North	N/A		8.25	3,097.1	−0.945
Ashdod		South	1956		47.2	4,783.9	−0.109
Ashkelon		South			47.8	2,964.8	-0.032
Baqa al-Gharbiyye		Haifa			align=right data-sort-value="0"	N/A	align=right data-sort-value="0"	N/A	16.4	3,152.1	−0.736
Bat Yam		Tel Aviv	1926		8.2	15,758.4	−0.025
Beersheba		South	1900		117.5	1,751.7	0.035
Beit She'an		North			7.3	2,379.9	−0.277
Beit Shemesh		Jerusalem	1950		34.3	2,866.6	−1.149
Bnei Brak		Tel Aviv	1924		7.1	25,709.4	−1.304
Dimona		South	1955		29.9	193.7	−0.235
Eilat		South	1951		84.8	509.6	0.247
El'ad		Center	1998		2.8	13,138.6	−1.493
Giv'at Shmuel		Center	1944		2.6	9,978.1	1.124
Givatayim		Tel Aviv	1922		3.3	18,058.2	1.417
Hadera		Haifa	1891		49.4	1,809.2	0.255
Haifa		Haifa			63.7	4,331.4	0.652
Herzliya		Tel Aviv	1924		21.6	4,291.0	1.373
Hod HaSharon		Center	1924		21.6	3,058.9	1.485
Holon		Tel Aviv	1935		18.9	10,017.7	0.509
Jerusalem		Jerusalem	(East Jerusalem) (West Jerusalem)		125.2	7,014.1	−0.802
Kafr Qasim		Center			8.7	2,391.5	−0.841
Karmiel		North	1964		19.2	2,056.3	0.309
Kfar Saba		Center	1903		14.2	6,831.0	1.191
Kfar Yona		Center	1932		11.0	1,962.4	0.786
Kiryat Ata		Haifa	1925		16.7	3,253.0	0.249
Kiryat Bialik		Haifa	1934		8.2	4,650.1	0.567
Kiryat Gat		South	1954		16.3	3,328.2	−0.378
Kiryat Malakhi		South	1950		4.6	4,741.2	−0.594
Kiryat Motzkin		Haifa	1934		3.8	10,612.0	0.590
Kiryat Ono		Tel Aviv	1939		4.1	8,557.8	1.513
Kiryat Shmona		North	1949		14.2	1,595.8	−0.014
Kiryat Yam		Haifa	1941		4.3	8,568.6	0.018
Lod		Center			12.2	6,078.3	−0.448
Ma'alot-Tarshiha		North	1963		6.8	2,303.0	0.024
Migdal HaEmek		North	1953		7.6	2,876.6	−0.273
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut		Center	1985		50.2	1,862.5	1.351
Nahariya		North	1935		10.2	4,941.8	0.436
Nazareth		North			14.1	5,357.9	−0.558
Nesher		Haifa	1923		12.8	1,828.9	0.783
Ness Ziona		Center	1883		15.6	3,071.5	1.265
Netanya		Center	1929		29.0	6,807.7	0.240
Netivot		South	1956		5.6	2,874.7	−0.760
Nof HaGalil		North	1957		32.5	1,224.4	0.055
Ofakim		South	1955		10.3	2,565.0	−0.757
Or Akiva		Haifa	1951		3.5	3,165.3	−0.097
Or Yehuda		Tel Aviv	1955		5.1	5,477.7	0.133
Petah Tikva		Center	1878		35.9	6,626.5	0.655
Qalansawe		Center			8.4	2,603.2	−1.011
Ra'anana		Center	1922		14.9	4,833.8	1.462
Rahat		South	1972		19.6	3,283.9	−1.848
Ramat Gan		Tel Aviv	1921		13.2	9,376.1	1.041
Ramat HaSharon		Tel Aviv	1923		16.8	2,708.3	1.796
Ramla		Center			11.9	6,252.2	−0.333
Rehovot		Center	1890		23.0	5,712.4	0.629
Rishon LeZion		Center	1882		58.7	4,212.6	0.886
Rosh HaAyin		Center	1949		24.4	2,868.0	0.578
Safed		North			29.2	1,123.5	−1.011
Sakhnin		North			9.8	3,062.2	−0.740
Sderot		South	1951		4.5	3,788.0	−0.223
Shefa-'Amr		North			19.8	2,065.0	−0.784
Tamra		North	N/A		29.3	1,118.1	−0.983
Tayibe		Center	N/A		18.7	2,198.7	−0.878
Tel Aviv-Yafo		Tel Aviv	(Jaffa) (Neve Tzedek)		51.8	8,473.0	1.221
Tiberias		North	20		10.9	2,663.5	−0.379
Tira		Center	N/A		11.9	2,128.7	−0.469
Tirat Carmel		Haifa	N/A		5.6	3,425.4	−0.138
Umm al-Fahm		Haifa	N/A		22.3	2,053.4	−1.294
Yavne		Center			10.7	2,690.9	0.455
Yehud-Monosson		Center	N/A		5.0	5,862.3	1.034
Yokneam Illit		North	1950		7.4	2,649.1	0.800

See also

• Arab localities in Israel
• Chronology of Aliyah in modern times
• Demographics of Israel
• Districts of Israel
• Four Holy Cities
• Jewish population by city
• List of cities administered by the Palestinian Authority
• List of cities of the ancient Near East
• List of kibbutzim
• List of largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East
• List of modern names for biblical place names
• List of moshavim
• List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel
• List of villages depopulated during the Arab–Israeli conflict
• Lists of cities by country
• Population displacements in Israel after 1948
• Population statistics for Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip
• Population statistics for Israeli settlements in the West Bank

Notes

General

Official spellings

External links

• Cities and Communities in Israel at the Israel Ministry of Tourism
• Geography of Israel at the Jewish Virtual Library
• Localities Numbering 5,000 Residents and More at the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Israeli Democracy: How Does It Work? . Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs . 8 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130622174411/http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/aboutisrael/state/democracy/pages/israeli%20democracy%20-%20how%20does%20it%20work.aspx . 22 June 2013 .
2. Web site: Inventory of World Cities . Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network . 11 April 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014191556/http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/citylist.html . 14 October 2013 .
3. http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/shnaton/templ_shnaton_e.html?num_tab=st02_22&CYear=2018 2.22 Localities and Population, by Municipal Status and District
4. News: Jerusalem: Crucible of the conflict . Symon . Fiona . 4 December 2001 . BBC News Online . 11 October 2012.
5. Web site: Background on East Jerusalem . 8 July 2012 . B'Tselem . 11 October 2012.
6. Web site: Profiles by Locality . 2008 . Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . 2 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141952/http://www.cbs.gov.il/census/census/pnimi_sub2_profiles_e.html?id_topic=11&id_subtopic=1&id_subtopic2=1 . 4 March 2016 . dead .
7. Web site: 2004 local government profile . 17 August 2007 . Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . he . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207125031/http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications/local_authorities2004/excel/p_excel.xls . 7 February 2012 . dead .
8. 6 September 2017 . Population and Density per Sq. Km. in Localities Numbering 5,000 Residents and More on 31.12.2016 . Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . 12 January 2018.
9. SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDEX 2013 OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF HEBREW NAMES . Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . 12 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113093008/http://www.cbs.gov.il/hodaot2016n/24_16_330t2.pdf . 13 January 2018 . dead .