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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. 72 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 oftentimes 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.

Contents

List of cities

Cities with a declining population

Fastest growing cities

Cities with a large immigrant population

See also

References

External links

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 72 Israeli municipalities granted "city" status by the CBS. The following sortable table lists all Israeli cities by name, district, area, and population, according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics' 2004
and 2006
data:

Cities with a declining population

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

Fastest growing cities

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

★ 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 are local councils and not cities however, 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.

See also

★ Geography of Israel

★ Districts of Israel

★ List of Arab localities in Israel

★ List of regional councils in Israel

★ List of cities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

References

1. Inventory of World Cities Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network
2.

3. CBS spelling: Akko
4. CBS spelling: Ari'el
5. CBS spelling: Ashqelon
6. CBS spelling: Be'er Sheva
7. CBS spelling: Bet She'an
8. CBS spelling: Bet Shemesh
9. CBS spelling: Bene Beraq
10. CBS spelling: Ir Karmel
11. CBS spelling: Elat
12. CBS spelling: Herzliyya
13. CBS spelling: Karmi'el
14. CBS spelling: Kefar Sava
15. CBS spelling: Qiryat Atta
16. CBS spelling: Qiryat Bialik
17. CBS spelling: Qiryat Gat
18. CBS spelling: Qiryat Mal'akhi
19. CBS spelling: Qiryat Motzkin
20. CBS spelling: Qiryat Ono
21. CBS spelling: Qiryat Shemona
22. CBS spelling: Qiryat Yam
23. CBS spelling: Migdal HaEmeq
24. CBS spelling: Modi'in-Makkabbim-Re'ut
25. CBS spelling: Nahariyya
26. CBS spelling: Nazerat Illit
27. CBS spelling: Nes Ziyyona
28. CBS spelling: Ofaqim
29. CBS spelling: Or Aqiva
30. CBS spelling: Petah Tiqwa
31. CBS spelling: Rishon LeZiyyon
32. CBS spelling: Zefat
33. CBS spelling: Sederot
34. CBS spelling: Shefar'am
35. CBS spelling: Tel Aviv-Yafo
36. CBS spelling: Tirat Karmel

External links

★ Map

★ Urban Israel: Details and pictures about many cities in Israel

★ Israel Central Bureau of Statistics official website