This article lists the 78 localities in Israel that the Israeli Ministry of Interior has designated as a city council.
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. 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
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. 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. If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second most populous city with residents after Jerusalem with ; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city, followed by West Jerusalem with 362,960.
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 Founded Area() Population Estimate() Census(2022) Change(2022––) Density(per) Acre North Haifa 18.09 −0.467 Afula North 29.17 −0.327 Arad South 1962 126.13 −0.876 Arraba North 8.4 −0.728 Ashdod South Gush Dan 1956 63.9 −0.246 Ashkelon South 52.32 −0.135 Baqa al-Gharbiyye Haifa 9.18 −0.560 Bat Yam Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1926 9.41 −0.219 Be'er Ya'akov Center Gush Dan 1907 9.46 0.783 Beersheba South Beersheba 1900 117.39 −0.111 Beit She'an North 10.97 −0.392 Beit Shemesh Jerusalem Jerusalem 1950 38.29 −1.485 Bnei Brak Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1924 7.35 −1.627 Dimona South 1955 220.46 −0.387 Eilat South 1951 101.49 0.151 El'ad Center Gush Dan 1998 3.49 −1.452 Ganei Tikva Center Gush Dan 1949 2.16 1.474 Giv'at Shmuel Center Gush Dan 1944 2.58 1.135 Givatayim Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1922 3.24 1.569 Hadera Haifa 1891 56.28 0.184 Haifa Haifa Haifa 72.93 0.391 Harish Haifa 1982 9 −0.182 Herzliya Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1924 24.07 1.361 Hod HaSharon Center Gush Dan 1924 19.26 1.567 Holon Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1935 19.04 0.371 Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem (Old City of Jerusalem)(New City of Jerusalem) 125.55 −1.196 Kafr Qara Haifa 7.81 −0.112 Kafr Qasim Center Gush Dan 9.3 −0.574 Karmiel North 1964 22.03 0.020 Kfar Saba Center Gush Dan 1903 14.48 1.192 Kfar Yona Center Gush Dan 1932 11.51 0.781 Kiryat Ata Haifa Haifa 1925 24.16 0.090 Kiryat Bialik Haifa Haifa 1934 8.48 0.328 Kiryat Gat South 1954 15.85 −0.552 Kiryat Malakhi South Gush Dan 1950 4.58 −0.671 Kiryat Motzkin Haifa Haifa 1934 3.84 0.402 Kiryat Ono Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1939 4.6 1.594 Kiryat Shmona North 1949 14.38 −0.163 Kiryat Yam Haifa Haifa 1941 11.34 −0.247 Lod Center Gush Dan 14.79 −0.738 Ma'alot-Tarshiha North 1963 9.26 −0.057 Maghar North 21.11 −0.793 Migdal HaEmek North 1953 8.71 −0.398 Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut Center Gush Dan 1985 48.33 1.420 Nahariya North Haifa 1935 13.83 0.143 Nazareth North 14.17 −0.704 Nesher Haifa Haifa 1923 12.94 0.564 Ness Ziona Center Gush Dan 1883 15.68 1.304 Netanya Center Gush Dan 1929 34.75 0.084 Netivot South 1956 16.22 −0.762 Nof HaGalil North 1957 32.86 −0.298 Ofakim South Beersheba 1955 16.35 −0.730 Or Akiva Haifa 1951 5.55 −0.009 Or Yehuda Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1955 6.73 0.005 Petah Tikva Center Gush Dan 1878 35.77 0.550 Qalansawe Center Gush Dan 8.37 −0.732 Ra'anana Center Gush Dan 1922 14.86 1.280 Rahat South Beersheba 1972 33.48 −1.845 Ramat Gan Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1921 16.39 1.099 Ramat HaSharon Tel Aviv Gush Dan 1923 16.73 1.699 Ramla Center Gush Dan 13.39 −0.399 Rehovot Center Gush Dan 1890 23.76 0.601 Rishon LeZion Center Gush Dan 1882 61.91 0.727 Rosh HaAyin Center Gush Dan 1949 15.86 0.781 Safed North 29.94 −1.351 Sakhnin North 11.53 −0.511 Sderot South 1951 10.66 −0.132 Shefa-Amr North Haifa 19.63 −0.712 Tamra North Haifa 29.77 −0.773 Tayibe Center Gush Dan 18.91 −0.680 Tel Aviv-Yafo Tel Aviv Gush Dan (Jaffa)(Neve Tzedek)(Ahuzat Bayit) 57.1 1.293 Tiberias North 20 16.19 −0.779 Tira Center Gush Dan 11.85 −0.275 Tirat Carmel Haifa Haifa 6.71 0.108 Umm al-Fahm Haifa 26.03 −1.266 Yavne Center Gush Dan 29.18 0.514 Yehud-Monosson Center Gush Dan 5.73 0.963 Yokneam Illit North Haifa (Tel Yokneam)(modern settlement) 8.31 0.795
See also
Arab localities in Israel Chronology of Aliyah in modern times Demographics of Israel Districts of Israel Four Holy Cities Jewish population by city List of cities in Palestine List of kibbutzim List of largest metropolitan areas in the Middle East List of modern names for biblical place names List of moshavim List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel List of villages depopulated during the Arab–Israeli conflict Lists of cities by country Population displacements in Israel after 1948 Population statistics for Israeli settlements in the West Bank Urban planning in Israel
Notes General
Official spellings
References
External links
Regional Statistics at the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics Cities and towns at the National Library of Israel