About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Galilee, Negev, Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area, Judea, Silicon Wadi, Hula Valley, Timna valley, Jezreel Valley, Jordan Rift Valley, Arabah, Israeli coastal plain, Beersheba metropolitan area, Haifa metropolitan area, Upper Galilee, Lower Galilee, Haifa Bay, Jerusalem corridor, Sharon plain, Sha'ar HaGai, Shephelah, Galilee Panhandle, Mount Hebron, Plain of Manasseh, Krayot, Hevel Lakhish, Ta'anakh, Hevel Shalom, Gush Hispin, Ovda, Tzahar. Excerpt: The Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area (Hebrew: ), or Gush Dan (Hebrew: ), is a metropolitan area including areas from both the Tel Aviv and the Central Districts of Israel. The area is closely linked to the city of Tel Aviv through social, economic, and cultural ties. It is located along the Israeli Mediterranean coastline. The Tel Aviv metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in Israel and consists an estimated population of 3,206,400 residents, 95% of whom (3,000,000) are Israeli Jews. It houses about 42% of Israel's population. Population as of the end of 2009: Over 300,000 Over 200,000 Over 100,000 Over 50,000 Over 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 Israel Central Bureau of Statistics divides the Tel Aviv metropolitan area into four: Notes The name Gush Dan means "Dan Bloc," and is so named because the area was the territory of the tribe of Dan in the ancient Kingdom of Israel. According to the biblical narrative, the tribe had originally tried to settle in the central coastal area of Canaan, but due to enmity with the Philistines who had already settled there, were only ...
