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.
Israel has 16 cities with populations over 100,000, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Yafo. [2] 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. [3] 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. [4] [5] 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 [6] | Population census, 2008 [7] | Change, 2008– –2022 | Area, km2 [8] | Density, per km2 [9] | Socio- economic index [10] |
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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 | 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 | 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 |
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