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Israel

Official name:

the State of Israel

Name in native language:

יִשְׂרָאֵל / Yisra'el

Capital:

Jerusalem

ISO country code

IL

Nat. statistical agency:

Central Bureau of Statistics

Region:

Western Asia

Census Results

1948-11-08 :
1961-05-22 : 2,179,491
1972-05-19 : 3,147,683
1983-06-04 : 4,037,620
1995-11-04 : 5,548,523
2008-12-28 : 7,412,200

the State of Israel

Administrative units

district sub-district	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1995-11-04 census	population 2005-12-31 estimate	population 2008-12-28 census
source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel. note: 2008 census results seem to be preliminary as only rounded up to 'thousands' are mentioned. note: total land area is 21,671 sq.km.; Yam Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) has a surface area of 164 sq.km.; Yam Ha-Melah (Dead Sea) has a surface area of 267 sq.km. note: (1) - included in Hermon Region. note: (2) - population 2005 included in Northern Negev Mountains. note: (3) - the area "Judea and Samaria" is better known as the West Bank. Population shown is for "Israelis" only, i.e. excluding Palestinians. Area is actually the Occupied Palestinian Territory. note: (4) - including East-Jerusalem.
HaMerkaz [Central] district	Ramla	1,294	1,199,112	1,649,804	1,770,400
Petah Tiqwa sub-district		283	421,255	563,783	602,600
Southern Sharon		124	174,755	231,852	234,000
Petah Tiqwa Region		159	246,500	331,931	368,600
Ramla sub-district		339	160,873	260,333	280,200
Modi'in Region		114			77,100
Ramla Region		225			203,100
Rehovot sub-district		324	345,178	462,389	496,800
Rehovot Region		207	156,538	208,786	229,100
Rishon LeZiyyon Region		117	188,640	253,603	267,800
Sharon sub-district		348	271,806	363,299	390,800
West Sharon		261	211,888	275,938	296,400
East Sharon		87	59,918	87,361	94,300
Hefa [Haifa] district	Haifa	866	731,285	858,019	888,300
Hadera sub-district		572	243,219	329,533	355,700
Hof HaKarmel		74	17,740	22,116	24,300
Zikhron Ya'aqov Region		138	12,917	20,455	22,500
Alexander Mountain		126	68,394	98,104	109,600
Hadera Region		235	144,168	188,858	199,400
Haifa sub-district		294	488,066	528,486	532,600
Haifa Region		291	488,066	528,486	532,600
Yerushalayim [Jerusalem] district (4)	Jerusalem	652	688,137	851,357	904,100
Jerusalem sub-district		653	688,137	851,357	904,100
Judean Mountains		316	652,534	770,564	814,900
Judean Foothills		337	35,603	80,793	89,200
HaZafon [Northern] district	Nazareth	4,478	930,872	1,185,402	1,242,100
Akko sub-district		928	404,469	526,989	553,900
Shefar'am Region		249	126,488	173,460	184,400
Karmi'el Region		109	76,227	102,080	105,100
Yehi'am Region		237	62,073	84,107	88,900
Elon Region		134	12,740	14,751	15,200
Nahariyya Region		101	66,346	86,843	91,600
Akko Region		97	60,595	65,748	68,700
Golan sub-district		1,154	29,833	38,897	40,400
Hermon Region		99	8,678	10,898	11,300
Northern Golan		479	10,198	13,078	13,500
Middle Golan		294	6,398	9,203	9,300
Southern Golan		281	4,559	5,718	6,300
Kinneret sub-district		529	81,630	97,330	101,400
Kinnerot		194	50,038	57,240	57,700
Eastern Lower Galilee		335	31,592	40,090	43,700
Yizre'el sub-district		1,193	334,117	424,736	441,900
Bet She'an Basin		217	23,846	24,790	26,200
Harod Valley		106	8,305	9,875	10,000
Kokhav Plateau		154	8,163	10,650	11,100
Yizre'el Basin		297	52,118	61,995	64,200
Yoqne'am Region		62	17,499	28,612	30,400
Menashe Plateau		102	4,028	4,167	4,700
Nazareth-Tir'an Mountains		256	220,158	284,647	295,300
Zefat sub-district		670	80,823	97,450	104,500
Hula Basin		234	30,445	34,661	38,300
East Upper Galilee		334	34,104	43,779	46,000
Hazor Region		102	16,274	19,010	20,200
HaDarom [Southern] district	Be'er Sheva'	14,231	731,964	1,002,403	1,067,400
Ashqelon sub-district		1,266	327,190	447,161	464,800
Mal'akhi Region		322	39,805	47,806	51,300
Lakhish Region		484	51,888	57,130	59,500
Ashdod Region		53	125,820	200,613	204,300
Ashqelon Region		408	109,677	141,612	149,700
Be'er Sheva sub-district		12,918	404,774	555,242	602,500
Gerar Region		310	24,871	36,093	39,800
Besor Region		1,081	34,237	39,396	41,400
Be'er Sheva Region		2,002	260,724	374,881	417,300
Dead Sea Region		634	1,308	1,193	1,200
Arava Region		1,123	36,209	50,755	52,500
Northern Negev Mountains		4,831	47,123	52,924	49,800
Southern Negev Mountains (2)		2,937	302		500
Tel Aviv district	Tel Aviv	171	1,135,331	1,189,977	1,258,800
Tel Aviv sub-district		172	1,135,331	1,189,977	1,258,800
Tel Aviv Region		95	469,307	501,018	529,900
Ramat Gan Region		40	357,434	382,242	411,400
Holon Region		37	308,590	306,717	317,500
Judea Samaria & Gaza Areas district (3)		6,241	131,822	247,256	281,100
Judea and Samaria		5,878	126,748	247,256
Gaza Area		363	5,074	0
total		22,145	5,548,523	6,990,722	7,412,200

Main cities

name	population 1997-12-31 estimate	population 2006-09-30 estimate	latitude / longitude
Yerushalayim [EN Jerusalem]	622,091	729,100	31.79/35.79
Tel Aviv-Yafo	348,570	382,500	32.08/34.80
Haifa	264,301	267,000	32.82/34.99
Rishon LeZiyyon	178,125	221,500	31.96/34.80
Ashdod	146,939	203,300	31.82/34.58
Be'er Sheva	160,364	185,300	31.23/34.78
Petah Tiqwa	155,169	182,800	32.10/34.88
Netanya	152,179	173,300	32.33/34.86
Holon	162,896	167,100	32.01/34.77
Bene Beraq	133,943	147,100	32.10/34.85
Bat Yam	137,393	129,700	32.03/34.73
Ramat Gan	127,434	129,400	32.08/34.81
Ashqelon	..	107,600	31.70/34.58
Rehovot	..	104,300	31.90/34.80
Herzeliyya	..	84,100
Kefar Sava	..	81,100
Hadera	..	76,300
Ra'annana	..	72,600
Bet Shemesh	..	68,400
Lod	..	66,800
Nazareth	..	64,600
Ramla	..	64,000
Modi'in-Makkabbim-Re'ut	..	61,300
Nahariyya	..	50,300
source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel.