Gush Dan

The Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area^[3] (Hebrew: מטרופולין תל אביב‬), cried Gush Dan (Hebrew: גוש דן‬) an aw, is a metropolitan area includin auries frae baith the Tel Aviv an the Central Districts o Israel. The area is closely linked tae the ceety o Tel Aviv throu social, economic, an cultural ties. It is locatit alang the Israeli Mediterranean coastline. The Tel Aviv metropolitan area is the lairgest metropolitan aurie in Israel an consists an estimatit population o 3,206,400 residents, 95% o whom (3,000,000) are Israeli Jews. It hooses aboot 42% o Israel's population.

Gush Dan גוש דן Tel Aviv Metropolitan Aurie; גוש דן
Metropolitan aurie
Frae top left: Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Bat Yam, Netanya, Ashdod, Rishon Letzion, Soothren Suburbs o Tel Aviv.
Eik-name(s):  Dan Bloc
Kintra	Israel
Metropolitan Aurie	Gush Dan
Area
• Metropolitan aurie	1,516 km2 (585 sq mi)
Population  (2009)[1][2]
• Metro	3,206,400. 42.1% o Israel's Population
• Metro density	2115/km2 (5,480/sq mi)
	Demographics: Israeli Jews 94.9%, Israeli Arabs 5.1%.
Time zone	UTC+2 (IST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (IDT)
Postal code	61999
Aurie code	+972 (Israel) 3 (City)
Website	tel-aviv.gov.il

Cities in the Gush Dan

Population as o the end o 2009:^[4]

Ower 300,000

• Tel Aviv 403,700

Ower 200,000

• Rishon LeZion 228,200
• Petah Tikva 209,600
• Ashdod 206,400

Ower 100,000

• Holon 184,700
• Netanya 183,200
• Bnei Brak 154,400
• Ramat Gan 145,000
• Bat Yam 130,000
• Rehovot 112,700

Ower 50,000

• Herzliya 87,000
• Kfar Saba 83,600
• Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut 72,700
• Lod 69,800
• Ra'anana 68,300
• Ramla 65,800
• Giv'atayim 53,000

Ower 10,000

Hod HaSharon, Modi'in Illit, Rosh HaAyin, Ramat HaSharon, Ness Ziona, El'ad, Yavne, Kiryat Ono, Yehud-Monosson, Tira, Giv'at Shmuel, Kafr Qasim, Qalansawe, Be'er Ya'akov, Even Yehuda, Gan Yavne, Ganei Tikva, Gedera, Giv'at Shmuel, Jaljulia, Kfar Yona, Kiryat Ekron, Kokhav Ya'ir, Mazkeret Batya, Shoham, Tel Mond, Tzoran-Kadima

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  Cairt o the Gush Dan
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  Satellite Image o the Inner Ring o the Gush Dan
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  Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
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  Ashdod
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  Netanya
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  Petah Tikva
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  Tel Aviv beach

Metropolitan rings

Israel Central Bureau o Statistics divides the Tel Aviv metropolitan aurie intae fower:

Metropolitan rings in the Tel Aviv metropolitan aurie^[3]

Metropolitan ring	Localities	Population (2009 census)				Population density (per km²)	Annual Population growthe rate
		Tot	Jews an ithers1	Jews	Arabs
Core2	1	392,500	375,100	358,600	17,300	7,576.6	0.6%
Inner Ring3	13	834,600	833,600	787,900	1,000	6,931.7	1.0%
Northren Section	4	125,100	125,000	121,500	100	2,936.9	1.0%
Eastren Section	5	398,800	398,600	388,100	200	9,921.1	1.3%
Soothren Section	4	310,600	310,000	278,300	700	8,261.5	0.5%
Middle Ring4	31	1,004,400	971,400	923,300	33,000	3,452.6	1.7%
Northren Section	6	205,200	205,000	199,400	200	3,922.9	1.3%
Eastren Section	8	258,500	258,400	243,000	100	3,790.0	2.5%
Soothren Section	17	540,700	508,000	480,800	32,700	3,175.0	1.5%
Ooter Ring5	206	975,100	863,400	826,400	111,600	929.0	2.6%
Northren Section	95	406,300	324,600	311,200	81,600	1,051.2	2.2%
Eastren Section	47	225,400	195,800	193,900	29,600	802.0	3.9%
Soothren Section	64	343,300	343,000	321,300	400	898.8	2.2%
Tot	251	3,206,400	3,043,500	2,896,200	163,000	2,119.7	1.7%

Notes

• ¹ The population o "Jews an others" includes Israeli Jews, non-Arab Christians an those no clessifee'd bi religion.
• ² The core aurie includes the ceety o Tel Aviv.
• ³ The inner ring includes the ceeties Bat Yam, Holon, Ramat HaSharon, Ramat Gan, Giv'atayim, Bnei Brak, Herzliya, Or Yehuda, Giv'at Shmuel an Kiryat Ono, as well as a multitude o smawer towns (local cooncils).
• ⁴ The middle ring includes the ceeties Petah Tikva, Ra'anana, Rishon LeZion, Hod HaSharon, Kfar Saba, Yehud, Ramla, Lod, Rosh HaAyin, Ness Ziona an Rehovot, as well as mony smawer touns (local cooncils).
• ⁵ The ooter ring includes the ceeties Tayibe, Netanya, Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Ashdod , as well as mony smawer touns (local cooncils).