Gush Dan
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Gush Dan (Hebrew: גּוּשׁ דָּן) is a metropolitan area including areas from both the Tel Aviv District and the Central District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast.
It is the largest metropolitan area in Israel, with a population of approximately 3 million people.
The name Gush Dan means "Dan Bloc", and is so named because the area was the territory of the tribe of Dan in the ancient Kingdom of Israel.
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[edit] Metropolitan rings
Gush Dan is divided into an inner and an outer ring.
The core ring includes (Tel Aviv District) Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Holon, Ramat Hasharon, Ramat Gan, Giv'atayim, Bnei Brak, Herzliya, Or Yehuda, Giv'at Shmuel and Qiryat Ono, as well as a multitude of towns (local councils).
The outer ring includes Petah Tikva, Hod Hasharon, Kfar Saba, Raanana, Yehud, Ramla, Lod, Rishon LeZion, Ness Ziona and Rehovot, as well as a multitude of towns (local councils).
[edit] Transportation
The Dan Bus Company is primarily focused on serving Gush Dan, although it is being replaced by the Kavim company in many of Gush Dan's cities. Much of Israel's national highway network feeds into the area, such as Highway 1, Highway 2, Highway 4, and Highway 5, and it is also served by the local Ayalon Expressway.
[edit] Trivia
According to a 2006 estimate, the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv is the city with the largest Jewish population in the world, with almost 3 million Jews (New York City's metropolitan area, in second place with 1.4 million Jews according to a 2002 study, is the largest Jewish population center in the Diaspora). [1][2]
