List of cities in Israel

Israeli cities in this list are the cities in Israel, and Israeli settlements with city status in the occupied West Bank; Jerusalem includes occupied East 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 Israeli 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 14 cities with populations over 100,000, including Jerusalem at over 500,000 (including occupied East Jerusalem), and Tel Aviv.^[2] In all, there are 76 Israeli municipalities granted "city" status by the Ministry of the Interior.

The list includes four Israeli settlements in the West Bank, an area outside of sovereign Israeli territory. The United Nations Security Council,^[3] the United Nations General Assembly,^[4] the International Court of Justice,^[5] and the International Committee of the Red Cross^[6] refer to it as Occupied Palestinian Territory. 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 as part of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.^[7][8]

The following table lists all Israeli cities by name, district, area, and population, according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics' 2013 estimates:^[9]

Common name	District	Hebrew	Arabic	Population (2013)[9]	Area (km²)[10]	Mayor
Acrea[›]	North	עכו	عكا	47,400	13.533	Shimon Lancry
Afula	North	עפולה	العفولة	42,800	26.909	Yitzhak Meron
Arad	South	ערד	عراد	24,200	93.140	Tali Ploskov
Arielb[›]	Judea & Samaria (West Bank)c[›]	אריאל	أريأل	18,100	14.677	Eliyahu Shaviro
Ashdod	South	אשדוד	أشدود	216,500	47.242	Yehiel Lasri
Ashkelond[›]	South	אשקלון	عسقلان	123,500	47.788	Itamar Shimoni
Baqa al-Gharbiyye	Haifa	באקה-אל-ע'רביה	باقة الغربية	27,100	16.392	Yitzhak Veled
Bat Yam	Tel Aviv	בת ים	بات يام	128,900	8.167	Yossi Bachar
Beershebae[›]	South	באר שבע	بئر السبع	199,300	117.5	Rubik Danilovich
Beit She'anf[›]	North	בית שאן	بيسان	17,300	7.330	Jacky Levi
Beit Shemeshg[›]	Jerusalem	בית שמש	بيت شيمش	94,100	34.259	Moshe Abutbul
Beitar Illit	Judea & Samaria (West Bank)c[›]	ביתר עילית	بيتار عيليت	44,900	6.801	Meir Rubenstein
Bnei Brakh[›]	Tel Aviv	בני ברק	بني براك	172,500	7.088	Hanoch Zeibert
Dimona	South	דימונה	ديمونة	33,200	29.877	Meir Cohen
Eilatj[›]	South	אילת	إيلات	48,100	84.789	Meir Yitzhak Halevi
El'ad	Center	אלעד	أيلعاد	42,600	2.756	Yitzhak Idan
Giv'at Shmuel	Center	גבעת שמואל	جفعات شموئيل	24,100	2.579	Yossi Brodny
Givatayim	Tel Aviv	גבעתיים	جفعاتايم	56,200	3.246	Ran Kunik
Hadera	Haifa	חדרה	الخضيرة	85,400	49.359	Zvi Gendelman
Haifa	Haifa	חיפה	حيفا	273,200	63.666	Yona Yahav
Herzliyak[›]	Tel Aviv	הרצליה	هرتسليا	89,800	21.585	Yehonatan Yassur
Hod HaSharon	Center	הוד השרון	هود هشارون	52,400	21.585	Hai Adiv
Holon	Tel Aviv	חולון	حولون	186,400	18.927	Moti Sasson
Jerusalem	Jerusalem	ירושלים	أورشليم, القدس	829,900	125.156	Nir Barkat
Kafr Qasimm[›]	Center	כפר קאסם	كفر قاسم	21,000	8.745	Sami Issa
Karmiell[›]	North	כרמיאל	كرميئيل	44,700	19.188	Adi Eldar
Kfar Sabao[›]	Center	כפר סבא	كفار سابا	91,700	14.169	Yehuda Ben-Hemo
Kfar Yona	Center	כפר יונה	كفار يونا	20,500	11.017	Ephraim Deri
Kiryat Atap[›]	Haifa	קריית אתא	كريات آتا	53,400	16.706	Ya'akov Peretz
Kiryat Bialikq[›]	Haifa	קריית ביאליק	كريات بياليك	38,600	8.178	Eli Dokursky
Kiryat Gatr[›]	South	קריית גת	كريات جات	49,400	16.302	Aviram Dahari
Kiryat Malakhis[›]	South	קריית מלאכי	كريات ملاخي	21,300	4.632	Eliyahu Zohar
Kiryat Motzkint[›]	Haifa	קריית מוצקין	كريات موتسكين	39,200	3.778	Haim Zuri
Kiryat Onou[›]	Tel Aviv	קריית אונו	كريات أونو	35,500	4.112	Yossi Nishri
Kiryat Shmonav[›]	North	קריית שמונה	كريات شمونة	23,100	14.228	Nissim Malka
Kiryat Yamw[›]	Haifa	קריית ים	كريات يام	38,700	4.339	Shmuel Sisso
Lod	Center	לוד	اللد	71,600	12.226	Yair Revivo
Ma'ale Adumim	Judea & Samaria (West Bank)c[›]	מעלה אדומים	معلي أدوميم	37,100	49.177	Benny Kashriel
Ma'alot-Tarshiha	North	מעלות-תרשיחא	معالوت ترشيحا	21,100	6.832	Shlomo Bohbot
Migdal HaEmekx[›]	North	מגדל העמק	مجدال هعيمق	24,800	7.637	Eliyahu Barda
Modi'in Illit	Judea & Samaria (West Bank)c[›]	מודיעין עילית	موديعين عيليت	60,000	4.746	Ya'akov Gutterman
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'uty[›]	Center	מודיעין-מכבים-רעות	موديعين-مكابيم-ريعوت	85,400	50.176	Haim Bibas
Nahariyaz[›]	North	נהריה	نهاريا	53,400	10.233	Jacky Sabag
Nazareth	North	נצרת	الناصرة	74,400	14.123	Ali Salam
Nazareth Illitaa[›]	North	נצרת עילית	الناصرة العليا	40,500	32.521	Shimon Gapso
Nesher	Haifa	נשר	نيشر	23,300	12.790	David Amar
Ness Zionaab[›]	Center	נס ציונה	نيس تسيونا	44,800	15.579	Yossi Shvo
Netanya	Center	נתניה	نتانيا	197,000	28.954	Miriam Feirberg
Netivot	South	נתיבות	نتيفوت	29,500	5.626	Yehiel Zohar
Ofakimac[›]	South	אופקים	أوفاكيم	25,100	10.273	Zvika Greengold
Or Akivaad[›]	Haifa	אור עקיבא	أور عكيفا	16,600	3.539	Simha Yosipov
Or Yehuda	Tel Aviv	אור יהודה	أور يهودا	35,500	5.141	David Yosef
Petah Tikvaae[›]	Center	פתח תקווה	بيتح تكفا	219,300	35.868	Itzik Braverman
Qalansawe	Center	קלנסווה	قلنسوة	20,600	8.417	Abdel Basset Salameh
Ra'anana	Center	רעננה	رعنانا	69,300	14.878	Ze'ev Bielski
Rahat	South	רהט	رهط	58,700	19.586	Talal al-Krenawi
Ramat Gan	Tel Aviv	רמת גן	رمات غان	149,600	13.229	Yisrael Zinger
Ramat HaSharon	Tel Aviv	רמת השרון	رمات هشارون	43,800	16.792	Yitzhak Rochberger
Ramla	Center	רמלה	الرملة	69,000	11.854	Yoel Lavi
Rehovot	Center	רחובות	رحوفوت	125,000	23.041	Rahamim Malul
Rishon LeZionaf[›]	Center	ראשון לציון	ريشون لتسيون	237,600	58.704	Dov Tzur
Rosh HaAyin	Center	ראש העין	رأس العين	41,500	24.390	Moshe Sinai
Safedag[›]	North	צפת	صفد	32,900	29.248	Ilan Shohat
Sakhnin	North	סח'נין	سخنين	28,100	9.816	Mazen Ghnaim
Sderotah[›]	South	שדרות	سديروت	21,900	4.472	David Buskila
Shefa-'Amr (Shfar'am)ai[›]	North	שפרעם	شفا عمرو	38,700	19.766	Nahed Khazem
Tamra	North	טמרה	طمرة	31,100	29.259	Abu el-Hija Adel
Tayibe	Center	טייבה	الطيبة	39,600	18.662	Hemi Doron
Tel Avivaj[›]	Tel Aviv	תל אביב	تل أبيب يافا	418,600	51.788	Ron Huldai
Tiberias	North	טבריה	طبريا	42,000	10.872	Yosef Ben David
Tira	Center	טירה	الطيرة	24,000	11.894	Mamoun Abd al-Hay
Tirat Carmelak[›]	Haifa	טירת כרמל	طيرة الكرمل	18,700	5.601	Aryeh Tal
Umm al-Fahm	Haifa	אום אל-פחם	أم الفحم	50,600	22.253	Khaled Aghbariyya
Yavne	Center	יבנה	يبنة	36,500	10.700	Zvi Gov-Ari
Yehud	Center	יהוד-מונוסון	يهود مونوسون	28,200	5.014	Yossi Ben-David
Yokneam	North	יקנעם	يوقنعم	20,800	7.390	Simon Alfasi

Fastest growing cities

Eight cities grew by more than 10% between the years 2005 and 2010:^{[11][12]al[›]}

Name	Population in 2005	Population in 2010	Growth	Percentage change
Beitar Illit	27,000	37,600	10,600	39.3%
Rahat	38,900	53,100	14,200	36.6%
Ness Ziona	29,300	39,100	9,800	33.7%
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	58,000	76,500	18,500	31.8%
Kiryat Ono	25,400	32,200	6,800	26.9%
Beit Shemesh	65,900	80,600	14,700	22.3%
Ma'ale Adumim	30,200	35,700	5,500	18.4%
Petah Tikva	179,400	211,100	31,700	17.7%
Ramat HaSharon	36,200	41,300	4,100	14.0%
Ramat Gan	128,400	145,900	17,500	13.7%
Qalansawe	16,900	19,200	2,300	13.6%
Nazareth	64,300	73,000	8,700	13.5%
Netivot	24,300	27,500	3,200	13.3%
Tayibe	33,000	37,300	4,300	12.9%
Tamra	26,000	29,300	3,300	12.8%
Nesher	21,300	24,000	2,700	12.7%
Shfar'am	32,800	36,900	4,100	12.5%
Hod HaSharon	43,100	48,500	4,400	12.4%
Rehovot	103,000	115,600	12,600	12.2%
Giv'atayim	48,700	54,000	5,300	10.9%
Tira	20,700	22,900	2,200	10.8%

Cities with a declining population

The population of six cities was lower in 2010 than in 2005:^[11][12]

Name	Population in 2005	Population in 2010	Decline	Percentage change
Nazareth Illit	43,700	40,900	3,200	6.4%
Ra'anana	71,900	68,900	3,000	4.2%
Kiryat Motzkin	39,800	38,500	1,300	3.2%
Dimona	33,500	32,600	900	2.7%
Migdal HaEmek	24,700	24,100	600	2.6%
Tirat Karmel	18,900	18,600	300	1.4%
Ma'alot-Tarshiha	21,100	20,900	200	1%

Cities with a significant number of immigrants

Following is a list of cities with an immigrant population of over 10%. The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics considers immigrants to be those who arrived in Israel after 1990. Most came from the former Soviet Union, although a considerable number came from Ethiopia and Argentina. This data is correct as of December 2004:^[13]

Name	Population (2004)	Immigrants since 1990	Percentage
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%

See also

Notes

References

External links

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