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This list includes cities that are 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. 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 15 cities with populations over 100,000, including Jerusalem at over 500,000 (including occupied East Jerusalem), and Tel Aviv. In all, there are 76 Israeli municipalities granted "city" status by the Ministry of the Interior. 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 list includes four Israeli settlements in the West Bank, an area outside of sovereign Israeli territory. The United Nations Security Council, the United Nations General Assembly, the International Court of Justice, and the International Committee of the Red Cross 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.

The following table lists all Israeli cities by name, district, population, and area, according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics:

Name	First settlement	Photo	District	Population estimate, 2022	Population census, 2008	Change	Area, km²	Density, per km²	Socio- economic index
Acre	Bronze Age		North	51,420	46,100	+11.54%	13.5	3,362.0	−0.395
Afula	Bronze Age		North	61,519	40,200	+53.03%	26.9	1,611.7	−0.028
Arad	1962		South	28,170	23,400	+20.38%	93.1	195.9	0.287
Ariel	1978		Judea and Samaria Area (West Bank)	20,520	17,500	+17.26%	14.7	1,307.5	0.378
Ashdod	Bronze Age		South	226,827	204,300	+11.03%	47.2	4,783.9	−0.109
Ashkelon	Neolithic		South	153,138	110,600	+38.46%	47.8	2,964.8	-0.032
Baqa al-Gharbiyye	Middle Ages		Haifa	31,397	N/A	N/A	16.4	3,152.1	−0.736
Bat Yam	1926		Tel Aviv	128,465	130,300	−1.41%	8.2	15,758.4	−0.025
Beersheba	1900		South	214,162	193,400	+10.74%	117.5	1,751.7	0.035
Beit She'an	Neolithic		North	19,073	16,900	+12.86%	7.3	2,379.9	−0.277
Beit Shemesh	1950		Jerusalem	154,694	72,700	+112.78%	34.3	2,866.6	−1.149
Beitar Illit	1985		Judea and Samaria Area (West Bank)	64,016	32,900	+94.58%	6.8	7,593.5	−1.950
Bnei Brak	1924		Tel Aviv	218,357	151,800	+43.85%	7.1	25,709.4	−1.304
Dimona	1955		South	36,776	32,400	+13.51%	29.9	193.7	−0.235
Eilat	Neolithic		South	53,151	47,300	+12.37%	84.8	509.6	0.247
El'ad	1998		Center	49,487	33,900	+45.98%	2.8	13,138.6	−1.493
Giv'at Shmuel	1944		Center	28,994	21,000	+38.07%	2.6	9,978.1	1.124
Givatayim	1922		Tel Aviv	61,924	52,100	+18.86%	3.3	18,058.2	1.417
Hadera	1891		Haifa	103,041	79,400	+29.77%	49.4	1,809.2	0.255
Haifa	Antiquity		Haifa	290,306	264,300	+9.84%	63.7	4,331.4	0.652
Herzliya	1924		Tel Aviv	106,741	86,300	+23.69%	21.6	4,291.0	1.373
Hod HaSharon	1924		Center	65,614	46,300	+41.71%	21.6	3,058.9	1.485
Holon	1935		Tel Aviv	197,957	176,300	+12.28%	18.9	10,017.7	0.509
Jerusalem	Neolithic		Jerusalem	981,711	759,700	+29.22%	125.2	7,014.1	−0.802
Kafr Qasim	19th century		Center	25,285	18,400	+37.42%	8.7	2,391.5	−0.841
Karmiel	1964		North	47,317	44,200	+7.05%	19.2	2,056.3	0.309
Kfar Saba	1903		Center	101,556	82,800	+22.65%	14.2	6,831.0	1.191
Kfar Yona	1932		Center	29,450	16,500	+78.48%	11.0	1,962.4	0.786
Kiryat Ata	1925		Haifa	61,142	50,400	+21.31%	16.7	3,253.0	0.249
Kiryat Bialik	1934		Haifa	44,620	37,200	+19.95%	8.2	4,650.1	0.567
Kiryat Gat	1954		South	64,437	47,500	+35.66%	16.3	3,328.2	−0.378
Kiryat Malakhi	1950		South	25,705	20,500	+25.39%	4.6	4,741.2	−0.594
Kiryat Motzkin	1934		Haifa	48,001	38,100	+25.99%	3.8	10,612.0	0.590
Kiryat Ono	1939		Tel Aviv	43,241	30,000	+44.14%	4.1	8,557.8	1.513
Kiryat Shmona	1949		North	22,492	23,200	−3.05%	14.2	1,595.8	−0.014
Kiryat Yam	1941		Haifa	41,095	37,700	+9.01%	4.3	8,568.6	0.018
Lod	Neolithic		Center	85,351	69,400	+22.98%	12.2	6,078.3	−0.448
Ma'ale Adumim	1975		Judea and Samaria Area (West Bank)	38,046	33,600	+13.23%	49.2	765.7	0.298
Ma'alot-Tarshiha	1963		North	22,521	20,600	+9.33%	6.8	2,303.0	0.024
Migdal HaEmek	1953		North	27,088	23,900	+13.34%	7.6	2,876.6	−0.273
Modi'in Illit	1994		Judea and Samaria Area (West Bank)	83,356	40,800	+104.30%	4.7	16,837.9	−2.075
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	1985		Center	99,171	69,300	+43.10%	50.2	1,862.5	1.351
Nahariya	1935		North	63,947	51,300	+24.65%	10.2	4,941.8	0.436
Nazareth	Bronze Age		North	78,007	71,700	+8.80%	14.1	5,357.9	−0.558
Nazareth Illit	1957		North	44,184	41,400	+6.72%	32.5	1,224.4	0.055
Nesher	1923		Haifa	23,761	23,300	+1.98%	12.8	1,828.9	0.783
Ness Ziona	1883		Center	50,341	36,100	+39.45%	15.6	3,071.5	1.265
Netanya	1929		Center	233,104	180,100	+29.43%	29.0	6,807.7	0.240
Netivot	1956		South	46,374	26,100	+77.68%	5.6	2,874.7	−0.760
Ofakim	1955		South	35,506	24,000	+47.94%	10.3	2,565.0	−0.757
Or Akiva	1951		Haifa	20,874	16,000	+30.46%	3.5	3,165.3	−0.097
Or Yehuda	1955		Tel Aviv	38,854	33,900	+14.61%	5.1	5,477.7	0.133
Petah Tikva	1878		Center	255,387	200,300	+27.50%	35.9	6,626.5	0.655
Qalansawe	Middle Ages		Center	24,205	18,200	+32.99%	8.4	2,603.2	−1.011
Ra'anana	1922		Center	80,260	68,300	+17.51%	14.9	4,833.8	1.462
Rahat	1972		South	79,064	50,000	+58.13%	19.6	3,283.9	−1.848
Ramat Gan	1921		Tel Aviv	172,486	143,600	+20.12%	13.2	9,376.1	1.041
Ramat HaSharon	1923		Tel Aviv	48,181	39,000	+23.54%	16.8	2,708.3	1.796
Ramla	8th century		Center	79,132	65,700	+20.44%	11.9	6,252.2	−0.333
Rehovot	1890		Center	150,748	111,100	+35.69%	23.0	5,712.4	0.629
Rishon LeZion	1882		Center	260,453	226,800	+14.84%	58.7	4,212.6	0.886
Rosh HaAyin	1949		Center	73,678	37,900	+94.40%	24.4	2,868.0	0.578
Safed	Bronze Age		North	38,029	29,600	+28.48%	29.2	1,123.5	−1.011
Sakhnin	Bronze Age		North	33,188	25,100	+32.22%	9.8	3,062.2	−0.740
Sderot	1951		South	33,002	20,700	+59.43%	4.5	3,788.0	−0.223
Shefa-'Amr	Bronze Age		North	43,543	35,700	+21.97%	19.8	2,065.0	−0.784
Tamra	N/A		North	35,834	28,100	+27.52%	29.3	1,118.1	−0.983
Tayibe	N/A		Center	46,020	35,700	+28.91%	18.7	2,198.7	−0.878
Tel Aviv	Bronze Age (Jaffa)		Tel Aviv	474,530	402,600	+17.87%	51.8	8,473.0	1.221
Tiberias	20		North	48,472	41,600	+16.52%	10.9	2,663.5	−0.379
Tira	N/A		Center	27,802	22,200	+25.23%	11.9	2,128.7	−0.469
Tirat Carmel	N/A		Haifa	28,753	18,600	+54.59%	5.6	3,425.4	−0.138
Umm al-Fahm	N/A		Haifa	58,665	45,000	+30.37%	22.3	2,053.4	−1.294
Yavne	Bronze Age		Center	56,232	32,800	+71.44%	10.7	2,690.9	0.455
Yehud-Monosson	N/A		Center	31,405	26,200	+19.87%	5.0	5,862.3	1.034
Yokneam Illit	1950		North	24,617	19,000	+29.56%	7.4	2,649.1	0.800

See also

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

Notes

General

1. ^ Located in the Israeli-occupied territories.
2. Tel Be'er Sheva, remains of the ancient town, lies east of the modern city.

Official spellings

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

References

1. "Israeli Democracy: How Does It Work?". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
2. "Inventory of World Cities". Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
3. Resolution 446, Resolution 465, Resolution 484, among others
4. "Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories". United Nations. 17 December 2003. Archived from the original on 3 June 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
5. "Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory". International Court of Justice. 9 July 2004. Archived from the original on 28 August 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
6. "Implementation of the Fourth Geneva Convention in the occupied Palestinian territories: history of a multilateral process (1997-2001)". International Review of the Red Cross. International Committee of the Red Cross. 30 September 2002. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
7. Symon, Fiona (4 December 2001). "Jerusalem: Crucible of the conflict". BBC News Online. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
8. "Background on East Jerusalem". B'Tselem. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
9. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
10. "Profiles by Locality". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
11. "2004 local government profile" (in Hebrew). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
12. 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.
13. SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDEX 2013 OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF HEBREW NAMES (PDF) (Report). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

External links

• Cities and Communities in Israel at the Israel Ministry of Tourism
• List of cities and towns in Israel at the Encyclopædia Britannica
• Geography of Israel at the Jewish Virtual Library
• Localities Numbering 5,000 Residents and More at the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
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Districts	Jerusalem District Northern District Haifa District Central District Tel Aviv District Southern District Judea and Samaria Area
Bodies of water	Lakes Dead Sea Sea of Galilee Beit Zayit Eshkol Hexagon Hula Monfort Ram Rishon Tel Afek Tel Aviv Yarkon Yeruham Yir'on Rivers Alexander Ga'aton Jordan Amud Ayun Bazelet Daliyot Dan Hasbani Hermon Yarmouk Kishon Kziv Lakhish Meshushim Na'aman Poleg Sorek Taninim Yarkon Ayalon Seas Mediterranean Sea Levantine Sea Red Sea Gulf of Eilat
Cities	Ashdod Ashkelon Bat Yam Beersheba Beit Shemesh Bnei Brak Hadera Haifa Herzliya Holon Jerusalem Kfar Saba Modi'in Nazareth Netanya Petah Tikva Ramat Gan Rehovot Rishon LeZion Tel Aviv
Regions	Arabah Beit She'an valley Galilee Golan Heights Judaean Desert Judaean Mountains Hula Valley Jezreel Valley Jordan Valley Negev Shephelah Coastal plain Mount Carmel
Islands	Rosh HaNikra Islands Achziv Islands Hof Dor Islands Yonim Island Caesarea Islands Mikhmoret Rock Andromeda Rock Adam Rock
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