List of cities in Israel

This article is about cities within Israel. For settlements established by Israel in the Israeli-occupied territories, see List of Israeli settlements.

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

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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.[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

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As for 2022, Israel has 18 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.[2] 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.[3][4] 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
2022[5] | Population
census
2008[6] | Change
2008–
–2022  | Area
km2
[7] | Density
/km2[8] | Socio-
economic
index[9]

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Acre[cbs 1] |  | North | Bronze Age | 51,420  | 46,100  | +11.54% | 13.5  | 3,362.0  | −0.395
Afula |  | North | Bronze Age | 61,519  | 40,200  | +53.03% | 26.9  | 1,611.7  | −0.028
Arad |  | South | 1962  | 28,170  | 23,400  | +20.38% | 93.1  | 195.9  | 0.287
Arraba[cbs 2] |  | North | N/A  | 27,115  | 20,600  | +31.63% | 8.25  | 3,097.1  | −0.945
Ashdod |  | South | 1956[note 1] | 226,827  | 204,300  | +11.03% | 47.2  | 4,783.9  | −0.109
Ashkelon[cbs 3] |  | South | Neolithic | 153,138  | 110,600  | +38.46% | 47.8  | 2,964.8  | -0.032
Baqa al-Gharbiyye |  | Haifa | Middle Ages | 31,397  | N/A  | N/A  | 16.4  | 3,152.1  | −0.736
Bat Yam |  | Tel Aviv | 1926  | 128,465  | 130,300  | −1.41% | 8.2  | 15,758.4  | −0.025
Beersheba[cbs 4] |  | South | 1900[note 2] | 214,162  | 193,400  | +10.74% | 117.5  | 1,751.7  | 0.035
Beit She'an[cbs 5] |  | North | Neolithic | 19,073  | 16,900  | +12.86% | 7.3  | 2,379.9  | −0.277
Beit Shemesh[cbs 6] |  | Jerusalem | 1950  | 154,694  | 72,700  | +112.78% | 34.3  | 2,866.6  | −1.149
Bnei Brak[cbs 7] |  | Tel Aviv | 1924  | 218,357  | 151,800  | +43.85% | 7.1  | 25,709.4  | −1.304
Dimona |  | South | 1955  | 36,776  | 32,400  | +13.51% | 29.9  | 193.7  | −0.235
Eilat[cbs 8] |  | South | 1951  | 53,151  | 47,300  | +12.37% | 84.8  | 509.6  | 0.247
El'ad |  | Center | 1998  | 49,487  | 33,900  | +45.98% | 2.8  | 13,138.6  | −1.493
Giv'at Shmuel[cbs 9] |  | Center | 1944  | 28,994  | 21,000  | +38.07% | 2.6  | 9,978.1  | 1.124
Givatayim[cbs 10] |  | Tel Aviv | 1922  | 61,924  | 52,100  | +18.86% | 3.3  | 18,058.2  | 1.417
Hadera |  | Haifa | 1891  | 103,041  | 79,400  | +29.77% | 49.4  | 1,809.2  | 0.255
Haifa |  | Haifa | Antiquity | 290,306  | 264,300  | +9.84% | 63.7  | 4,331.4  | 0.652
Herzliya[cbs 11] |  | Tel Aviv | 1924  | 106,741  | 86,300  | +23.69% | 21.6  | 4,291.0  | 1.373
Hod HaSharon |  | Center | 1924  | 65,614  | 46,300  | +41.71% | 21.6  | 3,058.9  | 1.485
Holon |  | Tel Aviv | 1935  | 197,957  | 176,300  | +12.28% | 18.9  | 10,017.7  | 0.509
Jerusalem |  | Jerusalem | Neolithic
(East Jerusalem)
mid-1800s
(West Jerusalem) | 981,711  | 759,700  | +29.22% | 125.2  | 7,014.1  | −0.802
Kafr Qasim[cbs 12] |  | Center | 19th century | 25,285  | 18,400  | +37.42% | 8.7  | 2,391.5  | −0.841
Karmiel[cbs 13] |  | North | 1964  | 47,317  | 44,200  | +7.05% | 19.2  | 2,056.3  | 0.309
Kfar Saba[cbs 14] |  | Center | 1903  | 101,556  | 82,800  | +22.65% | 14.2  | 6,831.0  | 1.191
Kfar Yona[cbs 15] |  | Center | 1932  | 29,450  | 16,500  | +78.48% | 11.0  | 1,962.4  | 0.786
Kiryat Ata[cbs 16] |  | Haifa | 1925  | 61,142  | 50,400  | +21.31% | 16.7  | 3,253.0  | 0.249
Kiryat Bialik[cbs 17] |  | Haifa | 1934  | 44,620  | 37,200  | +19.95% | 8.2  | 4,650.1  | 0.567
Kiryat Gat[cbs 18] |  | South | 1954  | 64,437  | 47,500  | +35.66% | 16.3  | 3,328.2  | −0.378
Kiryat Malakhi[cbs 19] |  | South | 1950  | 25,705  | 20,500  | +25.39% | 4.6  | 4,741.2  | −0.594
Kiryat Motzkin[cbs 20] |  | Haifa | 1934  | 48,001  | 38,100  | +25.99% | 3.8  | 10,612.0  | 0.590
Kiryat Ono[cbs 21] |  | Tel Aviv | 1939  | 43,241  | 30,000  | +44.14% | 4.1  | 8,557.8  | 1.513
Kiryat Shmona[cbs 22] |  | North | 1949  | 22,492  | 23,200  | −3.05% | 14.2  | 1,595.8  | −0.014
Kiryat Yam[cbs 23] |  | Haifa | 1941  | 41,095  | 37,700  | +9.01% | 4.3  | 8,568.6  | 0.018
Lod |  | Center | Neolithic | 85,351  | 69,400  | +22.98% | 12.2  | 6,078.3  | −0.448
Ma'alot-Tarshiha |  | North | 1963  | 22,521  | 20,600  | +9.33% | 6.8  | 2,303.0  | 0.024
Migdal HaEmek[cbs 24] |  | North | 1953  | 27,088  | 23,900  | +13.34% | 7.6  | 2,876.6  | −0.273
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
[cbs 25] |  | Center | 1985  | 99,171  | 69,300  | +43.10% | 50.2  | 1,862.5  | 1.351
Nahariya[cbs 26] |  | North | 1935  | 63,947  | 51,300  | +24.65% | 10.2  | 4,941.8  | 0.436
Nazareth |  | North | Bronze Age | 78,007  | 71,700  | +8.80% | 14.1  | 5,357.9  | −0.558
Nesher |  | Haifa | 1923  | 23,761  | 23,300  | +1.98% | 12.8  | 1,828.9  | 0.783
Ness Ziona[cbs 27] |  | Center | 1883  | 50,341  | 36,100  | +39.45% | 15.6  | 3,071.5  | 1.265
Netanya |  | Center | 1929  | 233,104  | 180,100  | +29.43% | 29.0  | 6,807.7  | 0.240
Netivot |  | South | 1956  | 46,374  | 26,100  | +77.68% | 5.6  | 2,874.7  | −0.760
Nof HaGalil |  | North | 1957  | 44,184  | 41,400  | +6.72% | 32.5  | 1,224.4  | 0.055
Ofakim[cbs 28] |  | South | 1955  | 35,506  | 24,000  | +47.94% | 10.3  | 2,565.0  | −0.757
Or Akiva[cbs 29] |  | Haifa | 1951  | 20,874  | 16,000  | +30.46% | 3.5  | 3,165.3  | −0.097
Or Yehuda |  | Tel Aviv | 1955  | 38,854  | 33,900  | +14.61% | 5.1  | 5,477.7  | 0.133
Petah Tikva[cbs 30] |  | Center | 1878  | 255,387  | 200,300  | +27.50% | 35.9  | 6,626.5  | 0.655
Qalansawe |  | Center | Middle Ages | 24,205  | 18,200  | +32.99% | 8.4  | 2,603.2  | −1.011
Ra'anana[cbs 31] |  | Center | 1922  | 80,260  | 68,300  | +17.51% | 14.9  | 4,833.8  | 1.462
Rahat |  | South | 1972  | 79,064  | 50,000  | +58.13% | 19.6  | 3,283.9  | −1.848
Ramat Gan |  | Tel Aviv | 1921  | 172,486  | 143,600  | +20.12% | 13.2  | 9,376.1  | 1.041
Ramat HaSharon |  | Tel Aviv | 1923  | 48,181  | 39,000  | +23.54% | 16.8  | 2,708.3  | 1.796
Ramla |  | Center | 8th century | 79,132  | 65,700  | +20.44% | 11.9  | 6,252.2  | −0.333
Rehovot |  | Center | 1890  | 150,748  | 111,100  | +35.69% | 23.0  | 5,712.4  | 0.629
Rishon LeZion[cbs 32] |  | Center | 1882  | 260,453  | 226,800  | +14.84% | 58.7  | 4,212.6  | 0.886
Rosh HaAyin |  | Center | 1949  | 73,678  | 37,900  | +94.40% | 24.4  | 2,868.0  | 0.578
Safed[cbs 33] |  | North | Bronze Age | 38,029  | 29,600  | +28.48% | 29.2  | 1,123.5  | −1.011
Sakhnin |  | North | Bronze Age | 33,188  | 25,100  | +32.22% | 9.8  | 3,062.2  | −0.740
Sderot[cbs 34] |  | South | 1951  | 33,002  | 20,700  | +59.43% | 4.5  | 3,788.0  | −0.223
Shefa-'Amr[cbs 35] |  | North | Bronze Age | 43,543  | 35,700  | +21.97% | 19.8  | 2,065.0  | −0.784
Tamra |  | North | N/A  | 35,834  | 28,100  | +27.52% | 29.3  | 1,118.1  | −0.983
Tayibe |  | Center | N/A  | 46,020  | 35,700  | +28.91% | 18.7  | 2,198.7  | −0.878
Tel Aviv-Yafo |  | Tel Aviv | Neolithic
(Jaffa)
1887
(Neve Tzedek) | 474,530  | 402,600  | +17.87% | 51.8  | 8,473.0  | 1.221
Tiberias |  | North | 20  | 48,472  | 41,600  | +16.52% | 10.9  | 2,663.5  | −0.379
Tira[cbs 36] |  | Center | N/A  | 27,802  | 22,200  | +25.23% | 11.9  | 2,128.7  | −0.469
Tirat Carmel[cbs 37] |  | Haifa | N/A  | 28,753  | 18,600  | +54.59% | 5.6  | 3,425.4  | −0.138
Umm al-Fahm |  | Haifa | N/A  | 58,665  | 45,000  | +30.37% | 22.3  | 2,053.4  | −1.294
Yavne |  | Center | Bronze Age | 56,232  | 32,800  | +71.44% | 10.7  | 2,690.9  | 0.455
Yehud-Monosson |  | Center | N/A  | 31,405  | 26,200  | +19.87% | 5.0  | 5,862.3  | 1.034
Yokneam Illit[cbs 38] |  | North | 1950  | 24,617  | 19,000  | +29.56% | 7.4  | 2,649.1  | 0.800

## See also

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* Arab localities in Israel
* Chronology of Aliyah in modern times
* Demographics of Israel
* Districts of Israel
* Four Holy Cities
* Jewish population by city
* List of cities administered by the Palestinian Authority
* List of largest cities in the Levant region by population
* List of cities of the ancient Near East
* List of kibbutzim
* List of largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East
* List of modern names for biblical place names
* List of moshavim
* List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel
* List of villages depopulated during the Arab–Israeli conflict
* Lists of cities by country
* Population displacements in Israel after 1948
* Population statistics for Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip
* Population statistics for Israeli settlements in the West Bank

## Notes

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General

1. ^ Tel Ashdod, remains of the ancient town, lies east of the modern city.
2. ^ Tel Be'er Sheva, remains of the ancient town, lies east of the modern city.

Official spellings

1. ^ Akko
2. ^ Arrabe
3. ^ Ashqelon
4. ^ Be'er Sheva
5. ^ Bet She'an
6. ^ Bet Shemesh
7. ^ Bene Beraq
8. ^ Elat
9. ^ Giv'at Shemu'el
10. ^ Giv'atayim
11. ^ Herzliyya
12. ^ Kafar Qasem
13. ^ Karmi'el
14. ^ Kefar Sava
15. ^ Kefar Yona
16. ^ Qiryat Atta
17. ^ Qiryat Bialik
18. ^ Qiryat Gat
19. ^ Qiryat Mal'akhi
20. ^ Qiryat Motzkin
21. ^ Qiryat Ono
22. ^ Qiryat Shemona
23. ^ Qiryat Yam
24. ^ Migdal HaEmeq
25. ^ Modi'in-Makkabbim-Re'ut
26. ^ Nahariyya
27. ^ Nes Ziyyona
28. ^ Ofaqim
29. ^ Or Aqiva
30. ^ Petah Tiqwa
31. ^ Ra'annana
32. ^ Rishon LeZiyyon
33. ^ Zefat
34. ^ Sederot
35. ^ Shefar'am
36. ^ Tire
37. ^ Tirat Karmel
38. ^ Yoqne'am Illit

## References

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1. ^ "Israeli Democracy: How Does It Work?". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
2. ^ 2.22 Localities and Population, by Municipal Status and District Archived 17 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine, 2018
3. ^ Symon, Fiona (4 December 2001). "Jerusalem: Crucible of the conflict". BBC News Online. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
4. ^ "Background on East Jerusalem". B'Tselem. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
5. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
6. ^ "Profiles by Locality". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
7. ^ "2004 local government profile" (in Hebrew). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
8. ^ Population and Density per Sq. Km. in Localities Numbering 5,000 Residents and More on 31.12.2016 (Report). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
9. ^ SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDEX 2013 OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF HEBREW NAMES (PDF) (Report). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

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Israeli cities

300,000+|

* Jerusalem (East, West)
* Tel Aviv

200,000–299,999|

* Ashdod
* Beersheba
* Bnei Brak
* Haifa
* Netanya
* Petah Tikva
* Rishon LeZion

100,000–199,999|

* Ashkelon
* Bat Yam
* Beit Shemesh
* Hadera
* Herzliya
* Holon
* Kfar Saba
* Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
* Ramat Gan
* Rehovot

50,000–99,999|

* Acre
* Afula
* Eilat
* El'ad
* Givatayim
* Hod HaSharon
* Kiryat Ata
* Kiryat Gat
* Lod
* Nahariya
* Nazareth
* Ness Ziona
* Ra'anana
* Rahat
* Ramla
* Netivot
* Rosh HaAyin
* Tiberias
* Umm al-Fahm
* Yavne

15,000–49,999|

* Arad
* Arraba
* Baqa al-Gharbiyye
* Beit She'an
* Dimona
* Giv'at Shmuel
* Kafr Qasim
* Karmiel
* Kfar Yona
* Kiryat Bialik
* Kiryat Malakhi
* Kiryat Motzkin
* Kiryat Ono
* Kiryat Shmona
* Kiryat Yam
* Ma'alot-Tarshiha
* Migdal HaEmek
* Nesher
* Nof HaGalil
* Ofakim
* Or Akiva
* Or Yehuda
* Qalansawe
* Ramat HaSharon
* Safed
* Sakhnin
* Sderot
* Shefa-Amr
* Tamra
* Tayibe
* Tira
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* Yehud-Monosson
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Districts|

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