List Of Cities In Israel

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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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.

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, 2022	Population census, 2008	Change, 2008– –2022	Area, km2	Density, per km2	Socio- economic index
Acre		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		North	N/A	27,115	20,600	+31.63%	8.25	3,097.1	−0.945
Ashdod		South	1956	226,827	204,300	+11.03%	47.2	4,783.9	−0.109
Ashkelon		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		South	1900	214,162	193,400	+10.74%	117.5	1,751.7	0.035
Beit She'an		North	Neolithic	19,073	16,900	+12.86%	7.3	2,379.9	−0.277
Beit Shemesh		Jerusalem	1950	154,694	72,700	+112.78%	34.3	2,866.6	−1.149
Bnei Brak		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		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		Center	1944	28,994	21,000	+38.07%	2.6	9,978.1	1.124
Givatayim		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		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		Center	19th century	25,285	18,400	+37.42%	8.7	2,391.5	−0.841
Karmiel		North	1964	47,317	44,200	+7.05%	19.2	2,056.3	0.309
Kfar Saba		Center	1903	101,556	82,800	+22.65%	14.2	6,831.0	1.191
Kfar Yona		Center	1932	29,450	16,500	+78.48%	11.0	1,962.4	0.786
Kiryat Ata		Haifa	1925	61,142	50,400	+21.31%	16.7	3,253.0	0.249
Kiryat Bialik		Haifa	1934	44,620	37,200	+19.95%	8.2	4,650.1	0.567
Kiryat Gat		South	1954	64,437	47,500	+35.66%	16.3	3,328.2	−0.378
Kiryat Malakhi		South	1950	25,705	20,500	+25.39%	4.6	4,741.2	−0.594
Kiryat Motzkin		Haifa	1934	48,001	38,100	+25.99%	3.8	10,612.0	0.590
Kiryat Ono		Tel Aviv	1939	43,241	30,000	+44.14%	4.1	8,557.8	1.513
Kiryat Shmona		North	1949	22,492	23,200	−3.05%	14.2	1,595.8	−0.014
Kiryat Yam		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		North	1953	27,088	23,900	+13.34%	7.6	2,876.6	−0.273
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut		Center	1985	99,171	69,300	+43.10%	50.2	1,862.5	1.351
Nahariya		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		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		South	1955	35,506	24,000	+47.94%	10.3	2,565.0	−0.757
Or Akiva		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		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		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		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		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		South	1951	33,002	20,700	+59.43%	4.5	3,788.0	−0.223
Shefa-'Amr		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		Center	N/A	27,802	22,200	+25.23%	11.9	2,128.7	−0.469
Tirat Carmel		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		North	1950	24,617	19,000	+29.56%	7.4	2,649.1	0.800

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