Tel Aviv District

The Tel Aviv District (Hebrew: מָחוֹז תֵּל אָבִיב; Arabic: منطقة تل أبيب) is the geographically smallest yet also the most densely populated of the six administrative districts of Israel, with a population of 1.35 million residents.^[4] It is 98.9% Jewish and 1.10% Arab (0.7% Muslim, 0.4% Christian).^{[citation needed]}

Geographical distribution of the main ethno-cultural communities Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv and Central districts.^[5]

Tel Aviv District
District of Israel
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• Hebrew	מָחוֹז תֵּל אָבִיב‎
• Arabic	منطقة تل أبيب
Flag
Cities	10
Local Councils	2
Regional Councils	0
Principal city	Tel Aviv
Government [1]
• District Commissioner[2]	Carmit Fenton
Area
• Total	186 km2 (72 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[3]
• Total	1,512,400
• Density	8,100/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	IL-TA

The district's capital is Tel Aviv, one of the two largest cities in Israel and the country's economic, business and technological capital. The metropolitan area created by the Tel Aviv district and its neighboring cities is locally named Gush Dan.

It is the only one of the six districts not adjacent to either the West Bank or an international border, being surrounded on the north, east, and south by the Central District and on the west by the Mediterranean Sea. The population density of the Tel Aviv district is 7,259/km².

Administrative local authorities

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

Notes

1. Part of the Tel Aviv Natural Region.
2. Part of the Holon Natural Region.
3. Part of the Ramat Gan Natural Region.

Map

List of cities and towns in Tel Aviv district

Pop Rank	Name	Population	Land Area (Dunams)	Founded	City Since	Natural Region
1	Tel Aviv-Yafo	438,818	51,788	1909	1921A 1950B	Tel Aviv
2	Holon	190,838	18,927	1940	1950	Holon
3	Bnei Brak	188,964	7,343	1924	1950	Ramat Gan
4	Ramat Gan	153,674	13,229	1921	1950	Ramat Gan
5	Bat Yam	129,100	8,167	1926	1958	Holon
6	Herzliya	93,116	21,850	1924	1960	Tel Aviv
7	Giv'atayim	58,509	3,246	1922	1959	Ramat Gan
8	Ramat HaSharon	45,066	16,792	1923	2002	Tel Aviv
9	Kiryat Ono	38,596	4,112	1939	1992	Ramat Gan
10	Or Yehuda	36,536	5,141	1949	1988	Ramat Gan
11	Azor	12,570	2,415	1948		Holon
12	Kfar Shmaryahu	1,911	2,665	1937		Tel Aviv
13	Glil Yam (Hof HaSharon RC)	500	-	1943		Tel Aviv?
14	Mikveh Israel	432	3,300	1870		Holon?
A 1921 Official establishment of Tel Aviv Municipality B 1950 Merger of municipalities of Tel Aviv and Jaffa

See also

• Israel portal

• Districts of Israel
• List of cities in Israel