List of cities in Israel

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This article is about cities within Israel. For those in the Israeli-occupied territories, see List of Israeli settlements.

This article lists the 78 localities in Israel that the Israeli Ministry of Interior has designated as a city council. It includes occupied East Jerusalem but excludes the four Israeli settlements in the West Bank that are designated as cities.

The list is based on the current index of the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Within Israel's system of local government, an urban municipality can be granted a city council by the Interior Ministry when its population exceeds 20,000.[1] The term "city" does not generally refer to local councils or urban agglomerations, even though a defined city often contains only a small portion of an urban area or metropolitan area's population.

List of cities

File:Israel cities.svg
Israel cities and districts

As for 2025, Israel has 18 cities with populations over 100,000, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Yafo. In all, there are 80 Israeli localities granted "municipalities" (or "city") status by the Ministry of the Interior, including four Israeli settlements in the West Bank.[2] Two more cities, Kasif and Tila, are planned to be built in the Negev. The area and population of Jerusalem includes that of East Jerusalem which has been de facto annexed by Israel and incorporated within Jerusalem's municipal borders under the Jerusalem Law. This, however, is not recognized by the international community who regard East Jerusalem to be Palestinian territory held under Israeli occupation.[3][4] If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second most populous city with 495,230 residents after Jerusalem with 1,028,366; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city, followed by West Jerusalem with 362,960.[5]

The following table lists Israeli cities, not including the settlements, by name, district, population, area, and the Socio-Economic Index, according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics:

Name Photo District Metro
area[6] 		Founded Area
(km2)
[7] 		Population SEI[8]
Estimate
(2023)
[9] 		Census
(2022)
[10] 		Change
(2022–
–2023) 		Density
(per
km2)
Acre[cbs 1] File:Aerial view of Acre 1.jpg North Haifa Bronze Age 18.09 53,422 50,555 +6% 2,953 −0.467
Afula File:Afula Culture Center1.jpg North N/a Bronze Age 29.17 64,578 60,828 +6% 2,214 −0.327
Arad File:PikiWiki Israel 29843 Cities in Israel.JPG South N/a 1962 126.13 29,323 27,586 +6% 232 −0.876
Arraba[cbs 2] File:Arrabe7.JPG North N/a Antiquity 8.4 26,810 26,119 +3% 3,192 −0.728
Ashdod File:פארק ואגם המרינה לקראת סוף עבודות הבנייה, מרץ 2024.jpg 03.jpg South Gush Dan 1956[note 1] 63.9 229,173 227,865 +1% 3,586 −0.246
Ashkelon[cbs 3] File:Ashkelonskyline.jpg South N/a Neolithic 52.32 161,744 152,370 +6% 3,091 −0.135
Baqa al-Gharbiyye File:Baqa el gharbiya 2007 04 14.jpg Haifa N/a Middle Ages 9.18 30,750 29,868 +3% 3,350 −0.560
Bat Yam File:Bat Yam view.jpg Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1926 9.41 131,099 128,152 +2% 13,932 −0.219
Be'er Ya'akov[cbs 4] File:Be'er Ya'akov railway station.JPG Center Gush Dan 1907 9.46 34,601 31,439 +10% 3,658 0.783
Beersheba[cbs 5] File:BeershebaCityHallDec142022.jpg South Beersheba 1900[note 2] 117.39 218,995 217,577 +1% 1,866 −0.111
Beit She'an[cbs 6] File:PikiWiki Israel 2382 Geography of Israel בית שאן.JPG North N/a Neolithic 10.97 20,249 19,825 +2% 1,846 −0.392
Beit Shemesh[cbs 7] File:PikiWiki Israel 11209 Landscape view.jpg Jerusalem Jerusalem 1950 38.29 167,318 145,554 +15% 4,370 −1.485
Bnei Brak[cbs 8] File:BBC and Nahalat Ganim 01.jpg Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1924 7.35 223,785 216,869 +3% 30,447 −1.627
Dimona File:PikiWiki Israel 4562 Dimona renewal.JPG South N/a 1955 220.46 39,230 37,213 +5% 178 −0.387
Eilat[cbs 9] File:North Beach Eilat.jpg South N/a 1951 101.49 57,339 55,213 +4% 565 0.151
El'ad File:Elad03.JPG Center Gush Dan 1998 3.49 49,766 48,825 +2% 14,260 −1.452
Ganei Tikva[cbs 10] File:רותם שני גני תקווה.jpg Center Gush Dan 1949 2.16 25,093 23,650 +6% 11,617 1.474
Giv'at Shmuel[cbs 11] File:PikiWiki Israel 8994 Cities in Israel.jpg Center Gush Dan 1944 2.58 28,628 27,472 +4% 11,096 1.135
Givatayim[cbs 12] File:Tel Aviv - תל אביב (15845688503).jpg Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1922 3.24 58,557 58,052 +1% 18,073 1.569
Hadera File:92251 kfar haim beach PikiWiki Israel.jpg Haifa N/a 1891 56.28 106,765 103,847 +3% 1,897 0.184
Haifa File:Haifa Shrine and Port.jpg Haifa Haifa Antiquity 72.93 298,312 289,507 +3% 4,090 0.391
Harish File:Harish1.jpg Haifa N/a 1982 9 39,001 31,733 +23% 4,333 −0.182
Herzliya[cbs 13] File:Herzliyya skyline.jpg Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1924 24.07 108,650 105,273 +3% 4,514 1.361
Hod HaSharon File:הוד השרון 5.JPG Center Gush Dan 1924 19.26 65,393 65,020 +1% 3,395 1.567
Holon File:94765 holon from the drone PikiWiki Israel.jpg Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1935 19.04 192,980 192,655 0% 10,136 0.371
Jerusalem File:Israel-2013(2)-Aerial-Jerusalem-Temple Mount-Temple Mount (south exposure).jpg Jerusalem Jerusalem Neolithic
(East Jerusalem)
mid-1800s
(West Jerusalem) 		125.55 1,028,366 1,005,919 +2% 8,191 −1.196
Kafr Qara[cbs 14] File:Kafr Qara P1070763.JPG Haifa N/a ? 7.81 20,580 19,890 +3% 2,635 −0.112
Kafr Qasim[cbs 15] File:Kafr Qasim aerial.jpg Center Gush Dan 19th century 9.3 27,121 26,389 +3% 2,916 −0.574
Karmiel[cbs 16] File:Karmiel - Israel 2008.jpg North N/a 1964 22.03 48,675 47,450 +3% 2,209 0.020
Kfar Saba[cbs 17] File:PikiWiki Israel 61141 kfar saba - weizman street.jpg Center Gush Dan 1903 14.48 100,013 100,262 0% 6,907 1.192
Kfar Yona[cbs 18] File:כפר יונה - צילום רן אליהו.jpg Center Gush Dan 1932 11.51 29,548 28,135 +5% 2,567 0.781
Kiryat Ata[cbs 19] File:Kiryat ata3.jpg Haifa Haifa 1925 24.16 62,134 60,465 +3% 2,572 0.090
Kiryat Bialik[cbs 20] File:Krayon.jpg Haifa Haifa 1934 8.48 46,417 44,806 +4% 5,474 0.328
Kiryat Gat[cbs 21] File:PikiWiki Israel 16194 kiryat gat.jpg South N/a 1954 15.85 69,762 63,386 +10% 4,401 −0.552
Kiryat Malakhi[cbs 22] File:Kiryat Mal'achi town hall plaza.jpg South Gush Dan 1950 4.58 27,396 26,362 +4% 5,982 −0.671
Kiryat Motzkin[cbs 23] File:Kiryat Motzkin Aerial View.jpg Haifa Haifa 1934 3.84 51,349 49,057 +5% 13,372 0.402
Kiryat Ono[cbs 24] File:Qiryatono2.jpg Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1939 4.6 43,310 41,537 +4% 9,415 1.594
Kiryat Shmona[cbs 25] File:Qiryat Shemona 2007.JPG North N/a 1949 14.38 24,254 23,083 +5% 1,687 −0.163
Kiryat Yam[cbs 26] File:Krayot - panoramio.jpg Haifa Haifa 1941 11.34 42,246 38,906 +9% 3,725 −0.247
Lod File:Downtown area of Lod, Israel 00262.JPG Center Gush Dan Neolithic 14.79 90,814 87,430 +4% 6,140 −0.738
Ma'alot-Tarshiha File:PikiWiki Israel 14587 Maalot.JPG North N/a 1963 9.26 23,133 22,720 +2% 2,498 −0.057
Maghar[cbs 27] File:PikiWiki Israel 17800 Cities in Israel.JPG North N/a ? 21.11 23,184 22,564 +3% 1,098 −0.793
Migdal HaEmek[cbs 28] File:PikiWiki Israel 11196 Cities in Israel.JPG North N/a 1953 8.71 28,545 27,045 +6% 3,277 −0.398
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
[cbs 29] 		File:Modi'in 02003.JPG Center Gush Dan 1985 48.33 97,566 92,307 +6% 2,019 1.420
Nahariya[cbs 30] File:Naharia IMG 1324.jpg North Haifa 1935 13.83 68,316 63,318 +8% 4,940 0.143
Nazareth File:Habsora from selezian.jpg North N/a Bronze Age 14.17 77,208 77,295 0% 5,449 −0.704
Nesher File:Nesher, Givat Nesher, Tel Hanan 008.JPG Haifa Haifa 1923 12.94 22,760 22,911 −1% 1,759 0.564
Ness Ziona[cbs 31] File:PikiWiki Israel 10181 lerer square in ness ziona.jpg Center Gush Dan 1883 15.68 47,534 47,620 0% 3,032 1.304
Netanya File:KIKATZNETDAY.JPG Center Gush Dan 1929 34.75 233,485 223,920 +4% 6,719 0.084
Netivot File:PikiWiki Israel 44402 Aerial photo of Netivot .jpg South N/a 1956 16.22 52,877 45,024 +17% 3,260 −0.762
Nof HaGalil File:Nazareth Illit view.jpg North N/a 1957 32.86 45,587 43,479 +5% 1,387 −0.298
Ofakim[cbs 32] File:Ofaqim 4.jpg South Beersheba 1955 16.35 37,837 35,355 +7% 2,314 −0.730
Or Akiva[cbs 33] File:Israel by Jim Greenhill 100526-A-3715G-0961 (4643198024).jpg Haifa N/a 1951 5.55 24,203 22,173 +9% 4,361 −0.009
Or Yehuda File:פארק נווה סביון - אור יהודה.jpg Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1955 6.73 40,143 36,850 +9% 5,965 0.005
Petah Tikva[cbs 34] File:Market Towers Petah Tikva 01.jpg Center Gush Dan 1878 35.77 267,196 264,046 +1% 7,470 0.550
Qalansawe File:Qalansuwa-498.jpg Center Gush Dan Middle Ages 8.37 24,728 23,951 +3% 2,954 −0.732
Ra'anana[cbs 35] File:Raanana city.JPG Center Gush Dan 1922 14.86 83,145 80,155 +4% 5,595 1.280
Rahat File:PikiWiki Israel 43465 RAHAT.jpg South Beersheba 1972 33.48 75,684 71,355 +6% 2,261 −1.845
Ramat Gan File:View Of Ramat Gan Diamond Exchange District.jpg Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1921 16.39 167,794 165,155 +2% 10,238 1.099
Ramat HaSharon File:PikiWiki Israel 7457 Ramat Hasharon from the top of tops.JPG Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1923 16.73 49,002 48,986 0% 2,929 1.699
Ramla File:Ramla 6780a.jpg Center Gush Dan 8th century 13.39 84,312 81,126 +4% 6,297 −0.399
Rehovot File:PikiWiki Israel 13823 Rehovot Mall and Municipality.JPG Center Gush Dan 1890 23.76 153,416 150,471 +2% 6,457 0.601
Rishon LeZion[cbs 36] File:Rishon LeZion West Aerial View.jpg Center Gush Dan 1882 61.91 258,680 252,413 +2% 4,178 0.727
Rosh HaAyin File:Rosh HaAyin.jpg Center Gush Dan 1949 15.86 77,104 74,572 +3% 4,862 0.781
Safed[cbs 37] File:Safed1.jpg North N/a Bronze Age 29.94 39,179 37,801 +4% 1,309 −1.351
Sakhnin File:PikiWiki Israel 17718 Cities in Israel.JPG North N/a Bronze Age 11.53 33,201 32,355 +3% 2,880 −0.511
Sderot[cbs 38] File:שדרות, רחוב הרב בן-נון , הוא רחוב ניר-עם, הוא רחוב הגדוד השני. - panoramio.jpg South N/a 1951 10.66 35,477 31,108 +14% 3,328 −0.132
Shefa-Amr[cbs 39] File:PikiWiki Israel 11070 Photo fortress.JPG North Haifa Bronze Age 19.63 43,408 42,713 +2% 2,211 −0.712
Tamra File:Tamra2.jpg North Haifa ? 29.77 36,251 35,349 +3% 1,218 −0.773
Tayibe File:PikiWiki Israel 16164 Center of Taybee.jpg Center Gush Dan ? 18.91 46,194 45,071 +2% 2,443 −0.680
Tel Aviv-Yafo File:Sarona CBD 01.jpg Tel Aviv Gush Dan Neolithic
(Jaffa)
1887
(Neve Tzedek) 		57.1 495,230 492,872 0% 8,673 1.293
Tiberias File:TIBERIAS - GALILEE (7723477802).jpg North N/a 20 16.19 51,476 48,509 +6% 3,179 −0.779
Tira[cbs 40] File:Potsdam-9 (15757509164).jpg Center Gush Dan ? 11.85 27,228 26,567 +2% 2,298 −0.275
Tirat Carmel[cbs 41] File:PikiWiki Israel 10963 Architecture of Israel.JPG Haifa Haifa ? 6.71 31,896 29,069 +10% 4,754 0.108
Umm al-Fahm File:Ummalfahm.jpg Haifa N/a ? 26.03 59,319 57,560 +3% 2,279 −1.266
Yavne File:Yavne panoramic view2.JPG Center Gush Dan Bronze Age 29.18 57,725 54,981 +5% 1,978 0.514
Yehud-Monosson[cbs 42] File:Jahud023.jpg Center Gush Dan ? 5.73 32,071 30,977 +4% 5,597 0.963
Yokneam Illit[cbs 43] File:12 6 2008 .1597864 25 43 11 PROTOCOL 800 1 park.jpg North Haifa 1950 8.31 24,910 23,729 +5% 2,998 0.795

See also

Notes

General
  1. ^ Tel Ashdod, remains of the ancient town, lies east of the modern city.
  2. ^ Tel Be'er Sheva, remains of the ancient town, lies east of the modern city.
Official spellings
  1. ^ Akko
  2. ^ Arrabe
  3. ^ Ashqelon
  4. ^ Be'er Ya'aqov
  5. ^ Be'er Sheva
  6. ^ Bet She'an
  7. ^ Bet Shemesh
  8. ^ Bene Beraq
  9. ^ Elat
  10. ^ Ganne Tiqwa
  11. ^ Giv'at Shemu'el
  12. ^ Giv'atayim
  13. ^ Herzliyya
  14. ^ Kafar Qara
  15. ^ Kafar Qasem
  16. ^ Karmi'el
  17. ^ Kefar Sava
  18. ^ Kefar Yona
  19. ^ Qiryat Atta
  20. ^ Qiryat Bialik
  21. ^ Qiryat Gat
  22. ^ Qiryat Mal'akhi
  23. ^ Qiryat Motzkin
  24. ^ Qiryat Ono
  25. ^ Qiryat Shemona
  26. ^ Qiryat Yam
  27. ^ Mughar
  28. ^ Migdal HaEmeq
  29. ^ Modi'in-Makkabbim-Re'ut
  30. ^ Nahariyya
  31. ^ Nes Ziyyona
  32. ^ Ofaqim
  33. ^ Or Aqiva
  34. ^ Petah Tiqwa
  35. ^ Ra'annana
  36. ^ Rishon LeZiyyon
  37. ^ Zefat
  38. ^ Sederot
  39. ^ Shefar'am
  40. ^ Tire
  41. ^ Tirat Karmel
  42. ^ Yehud-Monoson
  43. ^ Yoqne'am Illit

References

  1. ^ "Israeli Democracy: How Does It Work?". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Localities and Population, by Municipal Status and District" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 19 January 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  3. ^ Symon, Fiona (4 December 2001). "Jerusalem: Crucible of the conflict". BBC News Online. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Background on East Jerusalem". B'Tselem. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  5. ^ Population of Jerusalem, by Age, Religion and Geographical Spreading (PDF). Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem (Report). Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research. 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  6. ^ Regional Statistics (Report). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  8. ^ Local Authorities, in Alphabetical Order of Hebrew Names: Socio-Economic Index Value 2021, Rank and Cluster, and Variables Used in the Computation of the Index (PDF). Characterization and Classification of Geographical Units by the Socio-Economic Level of the Population (Report). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Population Census". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
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