List of cities in Israel


This list includes localities that are in Israel that the Israeli Ministry of Interior has designated as a city council. Jerusalem includes occupied East Jerusalem. The list is based on the current index of the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Within Israel's system of local government, an urban municipality can be granted a city council by the 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.

List

Israel has 16 cities with populations over 100,000, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Yafo. In all, there are 77 Israeli localities granted "municipalities" status by the Ministry of the Interior, including four Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Two more cities are planned: Kasif, a planned city to be built in the Negev, and Harish, originally a small town currently being built into a large city. 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. If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second most populous city with 452,000 residents after Jerusalem with 919,000; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city before West Jerusalem with around 350,000.
The following table lists all Israeli cities by name, district, population, and area, according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics:
NameFirst
settlement		PhotoDistrictPopulation
estimate,
Population
census,
2008		Change,
2008–
–		Area,
km²
Density,
per km²
Socio-
economic
index
AcreNorth13.53,362.0−0.395--
AfulaNorth26.91,611.7−0.028--
Arad1962South93.1195.90.287--
ArrabaN/ANorth8.253,097.1−0.945--
AshdodSouth47.24,783.9−0.109--
AshkelonSouth47.82,964.8-0.032--
Baqa al-GharbiyyeHaifaN/AN/A16.43,152.1−0.736
Bat Yam1926Tel Aviv8.215,758.4−0.025--
Beersheba1900South117.51,751.70.035--
Beit She'anNorth7.32,379.9−0.277--
Beit Shemesh1950Jerusalem34.32,866.6−1.149--
Bnei Brak1924Tel Aviv7.125,709.4−1.304--
Dimona1955South29.9193.7−0.235--
EilatSouth84.8509.60.247--
El'ad1998Center2.813,138.6−1.493--
Giv'at Shmuel1944Center2.69,978.11.124--
Givatayim1922Tel Aviv3.318,058.21.417--
Hadera1891Haifa49.41,809.20.255--
HaifaHaifa63.74,331.40.652--
Herzliya1924Tel Aviv21.64,291.01.373--
Hod HaSharon1924Center21.63,058.91.485--
Holon1935Tel Aviv18.910,017.70.509--
JerusalemJerusalem125.27,014.1−0.802--
Kafr QasimCenter8.72,391.5−0.841--
Karmiel1964North19.22,056.30.309--
Kfar Saba1903Center14.26,831.01.191--
Kfar Yona1932Center11.01,962.40.786--
Kiryat Ata1925Haifa16.73,253.00.249--
Kiryat Bialik1934Haifa8.24,650.10.567--
Kiryat Gat1954South16.33,328.2−0.378--
Kiryat Malakhi1950South4.64,741.2−0.594--
Kiryat Motzkin1934Haifa3.810,612.00.590--
Kiryat Ono1939Tel Aviv4.18,557.81.513--
Kiryat Shmona1949North14.21,595.8−0.014--
Kiryat Yam1941Haifa4.38,568.60.018--
LodCenter12.26,078.3−0.448--
Ma'alot-Tarshiha1963North6.82,303.00.024--
Migdal HaEmek1953North7.62,876.6−0.273--
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
1985Center50.21,862.51.351--
Nahariya1935North10.24,941.80.436--
NazarethNorth14.15,357.9−0.558--
Nesher1923Haifa12.81,828.90.783--
Ness Ziona1883Center15.63,071.51.265--
Netanya1929Center29.06,807.70.240--
Netivot1956South5.62,874.7−0.760--
Nof HaGalil1957North32.51,224.40.055--
Ofakim1955South10.32,565.0−0.757--
Or Akiva1951Haifa3.53,165.3−0.097--
Or Yehuda1955Tel Aviv5.15,477.70.133--
Petah Tikva1878Center35.96,626.50.655--
QalansaweCenter8.42,603.2−1.011--
Ra'anana1922Center14.94,833.81.462--
Rahat1972South19.63,283.9−1.848--
Ramat Gan1921Tel Aviv13.29,376.11.041--
Ramat HaSharon1923Tel Aviv16.82,708.31.796--
RamlaCenter11.96,252.2−0.333--
Rehovot1890Center23.05,712.40.629--
Rishon LeZion1882Center58.74,212.60.886--
Rosh HaAyin1949Center24.42,868.00.578--
SafedNorth29.21,123.5−1.011--
SakhninNorth9.83,062.2−0.740--
Sderot1951South4.53,788.0−0.223--
Shefa-'AmrNorth19.82,065.0−0.784--
TamraN/ANorth29.31,118.1−0.983--
TayibeN/ACenter18.72,198.7−0.878--
Tel Aviv-Yafo
Tel Aviv51.88,473.01.221--
Tiberias20North10.92,663.5−0.379--
TiraN/ACenter11.92,128.7−0.469--
Tirat CarmelN/AHaifa5.63,425.4−0.138--
Umm al-FahmN/AHaifa22.32,053.4−1.294--
YavneCenter10.72,690.90.455--
Yehud-MonossonN/ACenter5.05,862.31.034--
Yokneam Illit1950North7.42,649.10.800--