Tel Aviv District

Tel Aviv District
- transcription(s)
 • Hebrew מָחוֹז תֵּל אָבִיב
Cities 10
Local Councils 2
Regional Councils 0
Capital Tel Aviv
Area
 • Total 186 km2 (72 sq mi)
Population (9.24.2014)
 • Total 1,339,238

The Tel Aviv District (Hebrew: מָחוֹז תֵּל אָבִיב) is the smallest and most densely populated of six administrative districts of Israel with a population of 1.2 million residents.[1] It is 99.0% Jewish and 1.0% Arab (0.7% Muslim, 0.3% Christian). It is also the only of the six districts to simultaneously not border the West Bank, Gaza Strip, or any international border, instead being surrounded on the north, east, and south by the Central District and on the west by the Mediterranean Sea. The population density of Tel Aviv district is 7,200/km2.

The district's capital is Tel Aviv and the metropolitan area created by the Tel Aviv district and its neighboring cities is locally named Gush Dan.

Administrative sub-regions

Cities Local Councils
Map

List of cities and towns in Tel Aviv district

Pop Rank Name Population Land Area (Dunams) Founded City Since
1 Tel Aviv 404,400 51,788 1909 1921
2 Holon 184,700 18,927 1940 1950
3 Bnei Brak 172,000 7,343 1924 1950
4 Ramat Gan 148,035 13,229 1921 1950
5 Bat Yam 129,100 8,167 1926 1958
6 Herzliya 84,400 21,850 1924 1960
7 Giv'atayim 49,800 3,246 1922 1959
8 Ramat HaSharon 38,200 16,792 1923 2002
9 Or Yehuda 32,400 5,141 1949 1988
10 Kiryat Ono 28,400 4,112 1939 1992
11 Azor 11,701 2,415 1948
12 Kfar Shmaryahu 1,769 2,665 1937
13 Glil Yam (Hof HaSharon RC) 432 - 1943
14 Mikveh Israel 394 - 1870

See also

References

  1. ↑ PNIM israel english NEW 1.6.05 .indd

External links

Media related to Tel Aviv District at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 32°05′N 34°48′E / 32.083°N 34.800°E / 32.083; 34.800


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