Israel: Districts, Major Cities & Metropolitan Areas - Statistics & Maps on City Population

The districts of Israel and all cities of more than 20,000 inhabitants.

Districts
Principal Cities
Principal Metropolitan Areas
Cities

The population of HaZafon includes the total population of the annexed part of the Golan (Dec. 2011: 43,100), the population of Yerushalayim includes the total population of the annexed East Jerusalem (July 2011: 241,800), and the total population of Israel includes the Israelian population in the West Bank (Dec. 2011: 325,500) and (before 2005) in Gaza.

Districts

	Name	Abbr.	Original	Capital	A-L (km²)	C 1983-06-04	Cp 1995-11-04	C 2008-12-27	E 2011-12-31
i	HaDarom [Southern District]	HAD	מחוז הדרום	Be'ér Sheva'	14,185	478,700	753,500	1,067,400	1,121,600
i	HaMerkaz [Central District]	HAM	מחוז המרכז	Ramla	1,294	830,700	1,222,500	1,770,400	1,894,400
i	HaẔafon [Northern District] {HaZafon}	HAZ	מחוז הצפון	Naẕerat 'Illit	3,320	656,000	946,800	1,242,100	1,304,600
i	Hefa [Haifa]	HEF	מחוז חיפה	Hefa	866	575,300	746,800	888,300	926,700
i	Tel Aviv	TEL	מחוז תל אביב	Tel Aviv-Yafo	172	1,000,200	1,158,000	1,258,800	1,295,000
i	Yerushalayim [Jerusalem]	YER	מחוז ירושלים	Yerushalayim	653	472,900	682,500	904,100	968,800
	Israel	ISR		Yerushalayim	...	4,037,400	5,643,500	7,412,200	7,836,600

(1995) Britannica Book of the Year 1998.
(1983) (2008) (2011) Central Bureau of Statistics, The State of Israel (web).

Principal Cities

	Name	Adm.	C E 2011-12-31
1	Yerushalayim	YER	804,400
2	Tel Aviv-Yafo	TEL	404,800
3	Hefa	HEF	270,300
4	Rishon LeẔiyyon	HAM	232,400
5	Ashdod	HAD	212,300
6	Petah Tiqwa	HAM	210,400

Principal Metropolitan Areas

	Name	Adm.	A E 2011-12-31
1	Tel Aviv-Yafo	TEL	2,359,200
2	Yerushalayim	YER	804,400
3	Hefa	HEF	553,800

Cities

	Name	Original	Adm.	C C 1983-06-04	C Cp 1995-11-04	C C 2008-12-27	C E 2011-12-31
i	'Afula {Afula}	עפולה	HAZ	21,277	33,557	40,200	41,300
i	'Akko [Acre] {Akko}	עכו	HAZ	26,396	44,240	46,100	46,500
i	'Arad {Arad}	ערד	HAD	12,440	20,229	23,400	23,400
i	'Ar'ara {Arara}	ערערה	HEF	7,863	11,480	21,700	22,800
i	'Arrābe [Arraba] {Arrabe}	עראבה	HAZ	9,737	14,037	20,600	22,200
i	Ashdod	אשדוד	HAD	65,738	125,820	204,300	212,300
i	Ashqelon [Ashkelon]	אשקלון	HAD	52,894	80,938	110,600	117,400
i	Bāqa al-Gharbīya {Baqa al-Gharbiya}	באקה אל גרבייה	HEF	11,597	15,503	...	25,900
i	Bat Yam	בת ים	TEL	128,738	136,416	130,300	128,200
i	Be'ér Sheva' [Beersheba] {Beer Sheva}	באר שבע	HAD	110,813	149,404	193,400	196,300
i	Bene Beraq [Bnei Brak]	בני ברק	TEL	96,150	129,661	151,800	163,300
i	Betar Illit [Beitar Illit]	ביתר עילית		...	5,326	32,900	39,700
i	Bet Shemesh [Beit Shemesh]	בית שמש	YER	12,976	24,179	72,700	84,200
i	Dimona	דימונה	HAD	27,026	30,869	32,400	32,400
i	El'ad {Elad}	אלעד	HAM	...	...	33,900	39,800
i	Elat [Eilat]	אילת	HAD	18,914	31,653	47,300	46,700
i	Gan Yavne	גן יבנה	HAM	2,795	6,574	17,400	20,200
i	Gedera	גדרה	HAM	6,583	9,066	20,200	24,400
i	Giv'atayim {Givatayim}	גבעתיים	TEL	46,744	48,851	52,100	54,700
i	Giv'at Shemuel [Giv'at Shmuel] {Givat Shemuel}	גבעת שמואל	HAM	8,320	10,422	21,000	23,100
i	Hadera	חדרה	HEF	38,711	60,445	79,400	82,500
i	Hefa [Haifa]	חיפה	HEF	225,775	255,914	264,300	270,300
i	Herzliyya [Herzliya]	הרצלייה	TEL	63,155	82,759	86,300	88,700
i	Hod HaSharon	הוד השרון	HAM	20,597	29,018	46,300	49,900
i	Holon	חולון	TEL	133,460	163,082	176,300	182,600
i	Kafr Qāsim {Kafr Qasim}	כפר קאסם	HAM	7,538	11,809	18,400	20,000
i	Karmi'el {Karmiel}	כרמיאל	HAZ	15,629	33,145	44,200	44,700
i	Kefar Sava [Kfar Saba]	כפר סבא	HAM	43,488	68,246	82,800	87,300
i	Lod	לוד	HAM	40,436	51,319	69,400	70,300
i	Ma'alé Adummim {Maale Adummim}	מעלה אדומים		3,504	17,691	33,600	36,100
i	Ma'alot-Tarshiha {Maalot-Tarshiha}	מעלות-תרשיחא	HAZ	7,516	15,586	20,600	21,000
i	Mevasseret Ziyyon [Mevaseret Zion]	מבשרת ציון	YER	8,074	16,592	23,800	25,300
i	Migdal Ha'Emeq {Migdal HaEmeq}	מגדל העמק	HAZ	13,420	21,778	23,900	24,100
i	Modi'in Illit {Modiin Illit}	מודיעין עילית		...	5,500	40,800	52,100
i	Modi'in-Makkabbim-Re'ut [Maccabim] {Modiin-Makkabbim-Reut}	מודיעין-מכבים-רעות	HAM	...	...	69,300	80,200
i	Mughar [Maghar]	מגאר	HAZ	10,323	15,097	19,600	20,700
i	Nahariyya [Nahariya]	נהרייה	HAZ	27,834	36,341	51,300	52,600
i	Naẕerat (Al-Nāṣira) [Nazareth] {Nazerat}	נצרת	HAZ	44,779	51,946	71,700	73,700
i	Naẕerat 'Illit [Upper Nazareth] {Nazerat Illit}	נצרת עילית	HAZ	23,620	37,271	41,400	40,600
i	Nesher	נשר	HEF	9,653	18,454	23,300	24,000
i	Nes Ẕiyyona [Ness Ziona] {Nes Ziyyona}	נס ציונה	HAM	15,172	21,777	36,100	41,300
i	Netanya	נתניה	HAM	102,257	143,446	180,100	189,700
i	Netivot	נתיבות	HAD	8,107	14,838	26,100	28,000
i	Ofaqim [Ofakim]	אופקים	HAD	12,646	20,571	24,000	24,400
i	Or Yehuda	אור יהודה	TEL	19,259	23,132	33,900	35,000
i	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	פרדס חנה-כרכור	HEF	15,970	21,900	30,400	33,500
i	Petah Tiqwa [Petah Tikva]	פתח תקווה	HAM	123,868	149,471	200,300	210,400
i	Qiryat Atta (Kefar Ata) [Kiryat Ata]	קריית אתא	HEF	32,937	42,668	50,400	52,000
i	Qiryat Bialik [Kiryat Bialik]	קריית ביאליק	HEF	30,673	34,816	37,200	37,600
i	Qiryat Gat [Kiryat Gat]	קריית גת	HAD	25,482	43,809	47,500	47,700
i	Qiryat Mal'akhi [Kiryat Malakhi] {Qiryat Malakhi}	קריית מלאכי	HAD	12,153	18,753	20,500	20,900
i	Qiryat Motzkin [Kiryat Motzkin]	קריית מוצקין	HEF	26,614	33,350	38,100	38,300
i	Qiryat Ono [Kiryat Ono]	קריית אונו	TEL	21,770	23,813	30,000	33,400
i	Qiryat Shemona [Kiryat Shmona]	קריית שמונה	HAZ	15,210	19,280	23,200	23,000
i	Qiryat Yam [Kiryat Yam]	קריית ים	HEF	29,654	38,311	37,700	38,200
i	Ra'anana {Raanana}	רעננה	HAM	38,461	56,848	68,300	69,100
i	Rāhat {Rahat}	רהט	HAD	9,214	22,456	50,000	54,900
i	Ramat Gan	רמת גן	TEL	117,072	127,985	143,600	148,000
i	Ramat HaSharon	רמת השרון	TEL	32,485	36,285	39,000	42,300
i	Ramla	רמלה	HAM	42,244	57,356	65,700	67,900
i	Rehovot	רחובות	HAM	67,935	84,143	111,100	118,100
i	Rishon LeẔiyyon [Rishon LeZion] {Rishon LeZiyyon}	ראשון לציון	HAM	104,387	163,245	226,800	232,400
i	Rosh Ha'Ayin {Rosh HaAyin}	ראש העין	HAM	11,368	29,489	37,900	39,900
i	Sakhnīn {Sakhnin}	סחנין	HAZ	12,880	18,365	25,100	27,100
i	Sederot [Sderot]	שדרות	HAD	9,014	16,600	20,700	21,000
i	Shefar'am [Shefa-'Amr] {Shefaram}	שפרעם	HAZ	16,879	24,223	35,700	37,700
i	Ṭamra {Tamra}	טמרה	HAZ	13,314	19,121	28,100	30,100
i	Tayibe (Al-Ṭayiba)	טייבה	HAM	17,231	23,976	35,700	38,200
i	Tel Aviv-Yafo [Tel Aviv-Jaffa]	תל אביב -יפו	TEL	327,265	348,245	402,600	404,800
i	Teverya [Tiberias]	טבריה	HAZ	28,237	35,291	41,600	41,700
i	Ṭīre (Al-Ṭīra) {Tire}	טירה	HAM	11,083	15,565	22,200	23,300
i	Umm al-Faḥm {Umm al-Fahm}	אום אל-פחם	HEF	20,074	29,010	45,000	48,500
i	Yavne	יבנה	HAM	13,913	27,445	32,800	33,300
i	Yehud	יהוד-נווה אפרים	HAM	13,100	18,547	26,200	27,600
i	Yerushalayim (Al-Quds) [Jerusalem]	ירושלים	YER	428,716	617,042	759,700	804,400
i	Ẕefat [Safed] {Zefat}	צפת	HAZ	15,853	21,480	29,600	32,200
i	Zikhron Ya'aqov {Zikhron Yaaqov}	זכרון יעקב	HEF	4,983	9,330	18,300	20,200

Central Bureau of Statistics, The State of Israel (web).

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