List of cities in Israel facts for kids

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

This article is about the 73 places in Israel that are officially called cities by the Israeli government. These cities are recognized by the Israeli Ministry of Interior, which is a government department. For a place to become a city, its population usually needs to be more than 20,000 people.

This list does not include four Israeli settlements in the West Bank that are also called cities. However, East Jerusalem is included as part of Jerusalem. The international community generally views East Jerusalem as Palestinian territory under Israeli occupation.

Cities in Israel

Israel has 16 cities with more than 100,000 people. These include important cities like Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Yafo. In total, 77 places in Israel have "city" status. This number includes four Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Two new cities are also being planned: Kasif in the Negev desert, and Harish, which is growing from a small town into a large city.

The area and population of Jerusalem include East Jerusalem. Israel has added East Jerusalem to Jerusalem's city limits under the Jerusalem Law. However, many countries around the world do not agree with this. If East Jerusalem is counted, Jerusalem is Israel's largest city with about 919,000 people. Tel Aviv is the second largest with 452,000 people. If East Jerusalem is not counted, Tel Aviv is the largest city.

The table below lists many Israeli cities. It shows their name, the district they are in, when they were first settled, their population, and their area.

Name	Photo	District	First settlement	Population estimate	Area, km2
Acre		North	Bronze Age	46,100	13.5
Afula		North	Bronze Age	40,200	26.9
Arad		South	1962	23,400	93.1
Arraba		North	Unknown	20,600	8.25
Ashdod		South	1956	204,300	47.2
Ashkelon		South	Neolithic	110,600	47.8
Baqa al-Gharbiyye		Haifa	Middle Ages	28,100	16.4
Bat Yam		Tel Aviv	1926	130,300	8.2
Beersheba		South	1900	193,400	117.5
Beit She'an		North	Neolithic	16,900	7.3
Beit Shemesh		Jerusalem	1950	72,700	34.3
Bnei Brak		Tel Aviv	1924	151,800	7.1
Dimona		South	1955	32,400	29.9
Eilat		South	1951	47,300	84.8
El'ad		Center	1998	33,900	2.8
Giv'at Shmuel		Center	1944	21,000	2.6
Givatayim		Tel Aviv	1922	52,100	3.3
Hadera		Haifa	1891	79,400	49.4
Haifa		Haifa	Antiquity	264,300	63.7
Herzliya		Tel Aviv	1924	86,300	21.6
Hod HaSharon		Center	1924	46,300	21.6
Holon		Tel Aviv	1935	176,300	18.9
Jerusalem		Jerusalem	Neolithic (East Jerusalem) mid-1800s (West Jerusalem)	919,000	125.2
Kafr Qasim		Center	19th century	18,400	8.7
Karmiel		North	1964	44,200	19.2
Kfar Saba		Center	1903	82,800	14.2
Kfar Yona		Center	1932	16,500	11.0
Kiryat Ata		Haifa	1925	50,400	16.7
Kiryat Bialik		Haifa	1934	37,200	8.2
Kiryat Gat		South	1954	47,500	16.3
Kiryat Malakhi		South	1950	20,500	4.6
Kiryat Motzkin		Haifa	1934	38,100	3.8
Kiryat Ono		Tel Aviv	1939	30,000	4.1
Kiryat Shmona		North	1949	23,200	14.2
Kiryat Yam		Haifa	1941	37,700	4.3
Lod		Center	Neolithic	69,400	12.2
Ma'alot-Tarshiha		North	1963	20,600	6.8
Migdal HaEmek		North	1953	23,900	7.6
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut		Center	1985	69,300	50.2
Nahariya		North	1935	51,300	10.2
Nazareth		North	Bronze Age	71,700	14.1
Nesher		Haifa	1923	23,300	12.8
Ness Ziona		Center	1883	36,100	15.6
Netanya		Center	1929	180,100	29.0
Netivot		South	1956	26,100	5.6
Nof HaGalil		North	1957	41,400	32.5
Ofakim		South	1955	24,000	10.3
Or Akiva		Haifa	1951	16,000	3.5
Or Yehuda		Tel Aviv	1955	33,900	5.1
Petah Tikva		Center	1878	200,300	35.9
Qalansawe		Center	Middle Ages	18,200	8.4
Ra'anana		Center	1922	68,300	14.9
Rahat		South	1972	50,000	19.6
Ramat Gan		Tel Aviv	1921	143,600	13.2
Ramat HaSharon		Tel Aviv	1923	39,000	16.8
Ramla		Center	8th century	65,700	11.9
Rehovot		Center	1890	111,100	23.0
Rishon LeZion		Center	1882	226,800	58.7
Rosh HaAyin		Center	1949	37,900	24.4
Safed		North	Bronze Age	29,600	29.2
Sakhnin		North	Bronze Age	25,100	9.8
Sderot		South	1951	20,700	4.5
Shefa-'Amr		North	Bronze Age	35,700	19.8
Tamra		North	Unknown	28,100	29.3
Tayibe		Center	Unknown	35,700	18.7
Tel Aviv-Yafo		Tel Aviv	Neolithic (Jaffa) 1887 (Neve Tzedek)	402,600	51.8
Tiberias		North	20 AD	41,600	10.9
Tira		Center	Unknown	22,200	11.9
Tirat Carmel		Haifa	Unknown	18,600	5.6
Umm al-Fahm		Haifa	Unknown	45,000	22.3
Yavne		Center	Bronze Age	32,800	10.7
Yehud-Monosson		Center	Unknown	26,200	5.0
Yokneam Illit		North	1950	19,000	7.4

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