Tel Aviv District

Tel Aviv District
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• Hebrew	מָחוֹז תֵּל אָבִיב‎
File:Tel Aviv District in Israel.svg
Cities	10
Local Councils	2
Regional Councils	0
Capital	Tel Aviv
Area
• Total	186 km2 (72 sq mi)
Population (9.24.2014)
• Total	1,339,238

The Tel Aviv District (Hebrew: מָחוֹז תֵּל אָבִיב‎) is the smallest and most densely populated of six administrative districts of Israel with a population of 1.2 million residents. It is 99.0% Jewish and 1.0% Arab (0.7% Muslim, 0.3% Christian). It is also the only of the six districts to simultaneously not border the West Bank, Gaza Strip, or any international border, instead being surrounded on the north, east, and south by the Central District and on the west by the Mediterranean Sea. The population density of Tel Aviv district is 7,200/km2.

The district's capital is Tel Aviv and the metropolitan area created by the Tel Aviv district and its neighboring cities is locally named Gush Dan.

Administrative sub-regions

Cities	Local Councils
Tel Aviv-Yafo Bat Yam Bnei Brak Givatayim Herzliya Holon Kiryat Ono Or Yehuda Ramat Gan Ramat HaSharon	Azor Kfar Shmaryahu

Map

List of cities and towns in Tel Aviv district

Pop Rank	Name	Population	Land Area (Dunams)	Founded	City Since
1	Tel Aviv	404,400	51,788	1909	1921
2	Holon	184,700	18,927	1940	1950
3	Bnei Brak	172,000	7,343	1924	1950
4	Ramat Gan	148,035	13,229	1921	1950
5	Bat Yam	129,100	8,167	1926	1958
6	Herzliya	84,400	21,850	1924	1960
7	Giv'atayim	49,800	3,246	1922	1959
8	Ramat HaSharon	38,200	16,792	1923	2002
9	Or Yehuda	32,400	5,141	1949	1988
10	Kiryat Ono	28,400	4,112	1939	1992
11	Azor	11,701	2,415	1948
12	Kfar Shmaryahu	1,769	2,665	1937
13	Glil Yam (Hof HaSharon RC)	432	-	1943
14	Mikveh Israel	394	-	1870

See also

• Districts of Israel
• List of cities in Israel

External links

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