List of cities in Israel facts for kids

Jerusalem

Tel Aviv-Yafo

Haifa

Rishon LeZion

Ashdod

Beersheba

Petah Tikva

Netanya

Holon

Bnei Brak

Bat Yam

Ramat Gan

Ashkelon

Rehovot

Beit Shemesh

Kfar Saba

This article lists the 73 localities in Israel that the Israeli Ministry of Interior has designated as a city council. It excludes the 4 Israeli settlements in the West Bank designated as cities, but occupied East Jerusalem is included within 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 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.

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Israel has 16 cities with populations over 100,000, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Yafo. In all, there are 77 Israeli localities granted "municipalities" (or "city") 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 to be Palestinian territory held under Israeli occupation. 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:

Name	Photo	District	First settlement	Population estimate, 2017	Population census, 2008	Change, 2008– –2017	Area, km2	Density, per km2	Socio- economic index
Acre		North	-2000 Bronze Age	48,303	46,100	&10000000000000004778741+4.78%	13.5	3,362.0	−0.395
Afula		North	-1900 Bronze Age	49,169	40,200	&10000000000000022310945+22.31%	26.9	1,611.7	−0.028
Arad		South	1962	25,530	23,400	&10000000000000009102564+9.10%	93.1	195.9	0.287
Arraba		North	N/A	24,972	20,600	&10000000000000021223300+21.22%	8.25	3,097.1	−0.945
Ashdod		South	1956	222,883	204,300	&10000000000000009095937+9.10%	47.2	4,783.9	−0.109
Ashkelon		South	-5000 Neolithic	137,945	110,600	&10000000000000024724231+24.72%	47.8	2,964.8	-0.032
Baqa al-Gharbiyye		Haifa	1265 Middle Ages	29,035	N/A	N/A	16.4	3,152.1	−0.736
Bat Yam		Tel Aviv	1926	128,655	130,300	Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.26%	8.2	15,758.4	−0.025
Beersheba		South	1900	207,551	193,400	&10000000000000007316959+7.32%	117.5	1,751.7	0.035
Beit She'an		North	-6000 Neolithic	17,704	16,900	&10000000000000004757396+4.76%	7.3	2,379.9	−0.277
Beit Shemesh		Jerusalem	1950	114,371	72,700	&10000000000000057319119+57.32%	34.3	2,866.6	−1.149
Bnei Brak		Tel Aviv	1924	193,774	151,800	&10000000000000027650856+27.65%	7.1	25,709.4	−1.304
Dimona		South	1955	33,666	32,400	&10000000000000003907407+3.91%	29.9	193.7	−0.235
Eilat		South	1951	50,724	47,300	&10000000000000007238900+7.24%	84.8	509.6	0.247
El'ad		Center	1998	46,896	33,900	&10000000000000038336283+38.34%	2.8	13,138.6	−1.493
Giv'at Shmuel		Center	1944	25,776	21,000	&10000000000000022742857+22.74%	2.6	9,978.1	1.124
Givatayim		Tel Aviv	1922	59,518	52,100	&10000000000000014238003+14.24%	3.3	18,058.2	1.417
Hadera		Haifa	1891	93,973	79,400	&10000000000000018353904+18.35%	49.4	1,809.2	0.255
Haifa		Haifa	0 Antiquity	281,087	264,300	&10000000000000006351494+6.35%	63.7	4,331.4	0.652
Herzliya		Tel Aviv	1924	93,989	86,300	&10000000000000008909617+8.91%	21.6	4,291.0	1.373
Hod HaSharon		Center	1924	61,102	46,300	&10000000000000031969762+31.97%	21.6	3,058.9	1.485
Holon		Tel Aviv	1935	192,624	176,300	&10000000000000009259217+9.26%	18.9	10,017.7	0.509
Jerusalem		Jerusalem	-3000 Neolithic (East Jerusalem) 1850 mid-1800s (West Jerusalem)	901,302	759,700	&10000000000000018639199+18.64%	125.2	7,014.1	−0.802
Kafr Qasim		Center	1850 19th century	22,743	18,400	&10000000000000023603260+23.60%	8.7	2,391.5	−0.841
Karmiel		North	1964	45,919	44,200	&10000000000000003889140+3.89%	19.2	2,056.3	0.309
Kfar Saba		Center	1903	100,039	82,800	&10000000000000020820048+20.82%	14.2	6,831.0	1.191
Kfar Yona		Center	1932	22,537	16,500	&10000000000000036587878+36.59%	11.0	1,962.4	0.786
Kiryat Ata		Haifa	1925	57,518	50,400	&10000000000000014123015+14.12%	16.7	3,253.0	0.249
Kiryat Bialik		Haifa	1934	39,582	37,200	&10000000000000006403225+6.40%	8.2	4,650.1	0.567
Kiryat Gat		South	1954	53,487	47,500	&10000000000000012604210+12.60%	16.3	3,328.2	−0.378
Kiryat Malakhi		South	1950	22,337	20,500	&10000000000000008960975+8.96%	4.6	4,741.2	−0.594
Kiryat Motzkin		Haifa	1934	41,440	38,100	&10000000000000008766404+8.77%	3.8	10,612.0	0.590
Kiryat Ono		Tel Aviv	1939	39,398	30,000	&10000000000000031326666+31.33%	4.1	8,557.8	1.513
Kiryat Shmona		North	1949	22,844	23,200	Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.53%	14.2	1,595.8	−0.014
Kiryat Yam		Haifa	1941	39,710	37,700	&10000000000000005331564+5.33%	4.3	8,568.6	0.018
Lod		Center	-5500 Neolithic	74,604	69,400	&10000000000000007498559+7.50%	12.2	6,078.3	−0.448
Ma'alot-Tarshiha		North	1963	21,267	20,600	&10000000000000003237864+3.24%	6.8	2,303.0	0.024
Migdal HaEmek		North	1953	25,371	23,900	&10000000000000006154811+6.15%	7.6	2,876.6	−0.273
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut		Center	1985	91,328	69,300	&10000000000000031786435+31.79%	50.2	1,862.5	1.351
Nahariya		North	1935	56,071	51,300	&10000000000000009300194+9.30%	10.2	4,941.8	0.436
Nazareth		North	-2200 Bronze Age	76,551	71,700	&10000000000000006765690+6.77%	14.1	5,357.9	−0.558
Nesher		Haifa	1923	23,749	23,300	&10000000000000001927038+1.93%	12.8	1,828.9	0.783
Ness Ziona		Center	1883	49,108	36,100	&10000000000000036033240+36.03%	15.6	3,071.5	1.265
Netanya		Center	1929	214,101	180,100	&10000000000000018878956+18.88%	29.0	6,807.7	0.240
Netivot		South	1956	33,779	26,100	&10000000000000029421455+29.42%	5.6	2,874.7	−0.760
Nof HaGalil		North	1957	40,596	41,400	Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.94%	32.5	1,224.4	0.055
Ofakim		South	1955	27,771	24,000	&10000000000000015712500+15.71%	10.3	2,565.0	−0.757
Or Akiva		Haifa	1951	17,759	16,000	&10000000000000010993750+10.99%	3.5	3,165.3	−0.097
Or Yehuda		Tel Aviv	1955	36,706	33,900	&10000000000000008277286+8.28%	5.1	5,477.7	0.133
Petah Tikva		Center	1878	240,357	200,300	&10000000000000019998502+20.00%	35.9	6,626.5	0.655
Qalansawe		Center	1000 Middle Ages	22,370	18,200	&10000000000000022912087+22.91%	8.4	2,603.2	−1.011
Ra'anana		Center	1922	72,810	68,300	&10000000000000006603221+6.60%	14.9	4,833.8	1.462
Rahat		South	1972	66,791	50,000	&10000000000000033582000+33.58%	19.6	3,283.9	−1.848
Ramat Gan		Tel Aviv	1921	156,277	143,600	&10000000000000008827994+8.83%	13.2	9,376.1	1.041
Ramat HaSharon		Tel Aviv	1923	46,019	39,000	&10000000000000017997435+18.00%	16.8	2,708.3	1.796
Ramla		Center	700 8th century	75,668	65,700	&10000000000000015171993+15.17%	11.9	6,252.2	−0.333
Rehovot		Center	1890	138,379	111,100	&10000000000000024553555+24.55%	23.0	5,712.4	0.629
Rishon LeZion		Center	1882	249,860	226,800	&10000000000000010167548+10.17%	58.7	4,212.6	0.886
Rosh HaAyin		Center	1949	50,453	37,900	&10000000000000033121372+33.12%	24.4	2,868.0	0.578
Safed		North	-1300 Bronze Age	35,276	29,600	&10000000000000019175675+19.18%	29.2	1,123.5	−1.011
Sakhnin		North	-1500 Bronze Age	30,548	25,100	&10000000000000021705179+21.71%	9.8	3,062.2	−0.740
Sderot		South	1951	25,138	20,700	&10000000000000021439613+21.44%	4.5	3,788.0	−0.223
Shefa-'Amr		North	-3000 Bronze Age	41,024	35,700	&10000000000000014913165+14.91%	19.8	2,065.0	−0.784
Tamra		North	N/A	33,380	28,100	&10000000000000018790035+18.79%	29.3	1,118.1	−0.983
Tayibe		Center	N/A	42,401	35,700	&10000000000000018770308+18.77%	18.7	2,198.7	−0.878
Tel Aviv-Yafo		Tel Aviv	-8000 Neolithic (Jaffa) 1887 1887 (Neve Tzedek)	443,939	402,600	&10000000000000010268007+10.27%	51.8	8,473.0	1.221
Tiberias		North	20	43,664	41,600	&10000000000000004961538+4.96%	10.9	2,663.5	−0.379
Tira		Center	N/A	25,721	22,200	&10000000000000015860360+15.86%	11.9	2,128.7	−0.469
Tirat Carmel		Haifa	N/A	21,256	18,600	&10000000000000014279569+14.28%	5.6	3,425.4	−0.138
Umm al-Fahm		Haifa	N/A	54,240	45,000	&10000000000000020533333+20.53%	22.3	2,053.4	−1.294
Yavne		Center	-2500 Bronze Age	45,483	32,800	&10000000000000038667682+38.67%	10.7	2,690.9	0.455
Yehud-Monosson		Center	N/A	29,689	26,200	&10000000000000013316793+13.32%	5.0	5,862.3	1.034
Yokneam Illit		North	1950	22,746	19,000	&10000000000000019715789+19.72%	7.4	2,649.1	0.800

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Ciudades de Israel para niños