Gush Dan
The Tel Aviv Metropolitan Aurie[1] (Ebreu: מטרופולין תל אביב), an aa cried Gush Dan (Ebreu: גוש דן), is a metropolitan aurie includin auries frae baith the Tel Aviv an the Central Destricts o Israel. The aurie is closely linked tae the ceety o Tel Aviv through social, economic, an cultural ties. It is locatit alang the Israeli Mediterranean coastline. The Tel Aviv metropolitan aurie 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.
[edit] Ceeties in the Gush Dan
Population as o the end o 2009:[2]
Ower 300,000
- Tel Aviv 403,700
Ower 200,000
- Rishon LeZion 228,200
- Petah Tikva 209,600
- Ashdod 206,400
Ower 100,000
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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Map o the Gush Dan
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Satellite Image o the Inner Ring o the Gush Dan
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Tel Aviv beach
[edit] Metropolitan rings
Israel Central Bureau o Statistics divides the Tel Aviv metropolitan aurie intae fower:
| Metropolitan ring | Localities | Population (2009 census) | Population density (per km²) |
Annual Population growth rate |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 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% |
| Total | 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 classifee'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 touns (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).
[edit] Reflist
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Localities, Population, and Density (PDF). Retrieved on 24 Januar 2010. .
- ↑ http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2010/table3.pdf
