Israel Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Major urban areas=== {{Main list|List of cities in Israel}} {{wide image|Tel Aviv Panorama.jpg|800px|View over the [[Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area]]}} Israel has four major metropolitan areas: [[Gush Dan]] (Tel Aviv metropolitan area; population 3,854,000), [[Jerusalem metropolitan area|Jerusalem]] (population 1,253,900), [[Haifa metropolitan area|Haifa]] (924,400), and [[Beersheba metropolitan area|Beersheba]] (377,100).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/shnaton/templ_shnaton_e.html?num_tab=st02_25&CYear=2017 |title=Localities, Population and Density per Sq. Km., by Metropolitan Area and Selected Localities |date=6 September 2017 |publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=19 September 2017}}</ref> Israel's largest municipality, in population and area, is [[Jerusalem]] with {{Israel populations|Jerusalem}} residents in an area of {{convert|125|km2|0|abbr=out}}.{{Israel populations|reference}} Israeli government statistics on Jerusalem include the population and area of [[East Jerusalem]], the status of which is in international dispute.<ref>{{harvnb|Roberts|1990|p=60}} Although East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights have been brought directly under Israeli law, by acts that amount to annexation, both of these areas continue to be viewed by the international community as occupied, and their status as regards the applicability of international rules is in most respects identical to that of the West Bank and Gaza.</ref> [[Tel Aviv]] and [[Haifa]] rank as Israel's next most populous cities, with populations of {{Israel populations|Tel Aviv - Yafo}} and {{Israel populations|Haifa}}, respectively.{{Israel populations|reference}} The (mainly [[Haredi]]) city of [[Bnei Brak]] is the most densely populated city in Israel and one of the [[List of cities proper by population density|10 most densely populated cities]] in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-city-rankings/population-density-by-city |title=Population Density by City }}</ref> Israel has 16 [[List of cities in Israel|cities]] with populations over 100,000. {{As of|2018|alt=As of 2018}} there are 77 Israeli localities granted [[City council (Israel)|"municipalities" (or "city") status]] by the Ministry of the Interior,<ref>[http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/shnaton/templ_shnaton_e.html?num_tab=st02_22&CYear=2018 2.22 Localities and Population, by Municipal Status and District], 2018</ref> [[List of Israeli settlements with city status in the West Bank|four of which are in the West Bank]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.science.co.il/municipal/Cities.php | title=List of Cities in Israel}}</ref> {{Largest cities of Israel}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page