The Tel Aviv District (Hebrew: מָחוֹז תֵּל אָבִיב; Arabic: منطقة تل أبيب) is the geographically smallest yet also the most densely populated of the six administrative districts of Israel, with a population of 1.35 million residents.[4] It is 98.9% Jewish and 1.10% Arab (0.7% Muslim, 0.4% Christian).[citation needed]
Tel Aviv District | |
|---|---|
| - transcription(s) | |
| • Hebrew | מָחוֹז תֵּל אָבִיב |
| • Arabic | منطقة تل أبيب |
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| Cities | 10 |
| Local Councils | 2 |
| Regional Councils | 0 |
| Principal city | Tel Aviv |
| Government | |
| • District Commissioner[2] | Carmit Fenton |
| Area | |
• Total | 186 km2 (72 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[3] | |
• Total | 1,512,400 |
| • Density | 8,100/km2 (21,000/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | IL-TA |
The district's capital is Tel Aviv, one of the two largest cities in Israel and the country's economic, business and technological capital. The metropolitan area created by the Tel Aviv district and its neighboring cities is locally named Gush Dan.
It is the only one of the six districts not adjacent to either the West Bank or an international border, being surrounded on the north, east, and south by the Central District and on the west by the Mediterranean Sea. The population density of the Tel Aviv district is 7,259/km2.
Administrative local authorities
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- Notes
List of cities and towns in Tel Aviv district
edit| Pop Rank | Name | Population | Land Area (Dunams) |
Founded | City Since |
Natural Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tel Aviv-Yafo | 438,818 | 51,788 | 1909 | 1921A 1950B |
Tel Aviv |
| 2 | Holon | 190,838 | 18,927 | 1940 | 1950 | Holon |
| 3 | Bnei Brak | 188,964 | 7,343 | 1924 | 1950 | Ramat Gan |
| 4 | Ramat Gan | 153,674 | 13,229 | 1921 | 1950 | Ramat Gan |
| 5 | Bat Yam | 129,100 | 8,167 | 1926 | 1958 | Holon |
| 6 | Herzliya | 93,116 | 21,850 | 1924 | 1960 | Tel Aviv |
| 7 | Giv'atayim | 58,509 | 3,246 | 1922 | 1959 | Ramat Gan |
| 8 | Ramat HaSharon | 45,066 | 16,792 | 1923 | 2002 | Tel Aviv |
| 9 | Kiryat Ono | 38,596 | 4,112 | 1939 | 1992 | Ramat Gan |
| 10 | Or Yehuda | 36,536 | 5,141 | 1949 | 1988 | Ramat Gan |
| 11 | Azor | 12,570 | 2,415 | 1948 | Holon | |
| 12 | Kfar Shmaryahu | 1,911 | 2,665 | 1937 | Tel Aviv | |
| 13 | Glil Yam (Hof HaSharon RC) | 500 | - | 1943 | Tel Aviv? | |
| 14 | Mikveh Israel | 432 | 3,300 | 1870 | Holon? | |
| A 1921 Official establishment of Tel Aviv Municipality B 1950 Merger of municipalities of Tel Aviv and Jaffa | ||||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ "בעלי תפקידים במשרד הפנים".
- ^ Transfer of Power (District Commissioners and District Officers) Law, 5724-1964, Laws of the State of Israel vol. 18 no 38. (pp. 70-71)
- ^ "Localities by Population, by District, Sub-District and Type of Locality". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Oops, Something is wrong" (PDF). www.cbs.gov.il.
- ^ ""8. אוכלוסייה ביישובים ובאזורים סטטיסטיים, לפי דת, סוף 2019"". Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel).
External links
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