Tel Aviv District Explained

Tel Aviv District
Translit Lang1:-
Translit Lang1 Type:Hebrew
Translit Lang1 Type1:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Info1:منطقة تل أبيب
Type: District of Israel
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Cities
Subdivision Name:10
Subdivision Type1:Local Councils
Subdivision Name1:2
Subdivision Type2:Regional Councils
Subdivision Name2:0
Seat Type:Principal city
Seat:Tel Aviv
Area Total Km2:186
Population Total:1,512,400
Population Density Km2:auto
Population As Of:2023
Population Footnotes:[1]
Iso Code:IL-TA
Government Footnotes:[2]
Leader Title:District Commissioner[3]
Leader Name:Carmit Fenton

The Tel Aviv District (Hebrew: מָחוֹז תֵּל אָבִיב; Arabic: منطقة تل أبيب) is the geographically smallest yet also the most densely populated of the six administrative districts of Israel, with a population of 1.35 million residents.[4] It is 98.9% Jewish and 1.10% Arab (0.7% Muslim, 0.4% Christian). The district's capital is Tel Aviv, one of the two largest cities in Israel and the country's economic, business and technological capital. The metropolitan area created by the Tel Aviv district and its neighboring cities is locally named Gush Dan.

It is the only one of the six districts not adjacent to either the West Bank or an international border, being surrounded on the north, east, and south by the Central District and on the west by the Mediterranean Sea. The population density of the Tel Aviv district is 7,259/km2.

Administrative local authorities

Notes:

List of cities and towns in Tel Aviv district

Pop RankNamePopulation Land Area
(Dunams)
FoundedCity
Since
Natural
Region
1Tel Aviv-Yafo438,818 51,788 19091921A
1950B
Tel Aviv
2Holon190,83818,927 19401950Holon
3Bnei Brak188,964 7,343 19241950Ramat Gan
4Ramat Gan153,67413,229 19211950Ramat Gan
5Bat Yam129,100 8,167 19261958Holon
6Herzliya93,116 21,850 19241960Tel Aviv
7Giv'atayim58,509 3,246 1922 1959Ramat Gan
8Ramat HaSharon45,066 16,792 1923 2002Tel Aviv
9Kiryat Ono38,596 4,112 1939 1992Ramat Gan
10Or Yehuda36,536 5,141 19491988Ramat Gan
11Azor12,570 2,4151948Holon
12Kfar Shmaryahu1,911 2,665 1937Tel Aviv
13Glil Yam (Hof HaSharon RC)500-1943Tel Aviv
14Mikveh Israel4323,300 1870Holon
A 1921 Official establishment of Tel Aviv Municipality
B 1950 Merger of municipalities of Tel Aviv and Jaffa

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Localities by Population, by District, Sub-District and Type of Locality. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.
  2. Web site: בעלי תפקידים במשרד הפנים.
  3. Transfer of Power (District Commissioners and District Officers) Law, 5724-1964, Laws of the State of Israel vol. 18 no 38. (pp. 70-71)
  4. Web site: Oops, Something is wrong. www.cbs.gov.il.