Editing Demographics of Israel (section)

=== Cities ===
{{Main|List of cities in Israel}}
Within [[Local government in Israel|Israel's system of local government]], an urban municipality can be granted a [[City council (Israel)|city council]] by the [[Israeli Ministry of Interior|Israeli Interior Ministry]] when its population exceeds 20,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Branches%20of%20Government/Executive/Israeli%20Democracy%20-%20How%20does%20it%20work#local |title=Structure of Local Government |access-date=11 April 2008 |publisher=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref> The term "city" does not generally refer to [[Local council (Israel)|local councils]] or [[urban agglomeration]]s, even though a defined city often contains only a small portion of an urban area or [[metropolitan area]]'s population.
{{Largest cities of Israel}}