Editing Local government (section)

===Israel===
{{Main article|Local government in Israel}}

The [[Ministry of Interior (Israel)|Israeli Ministry of Interior]] recognizes four types of local government in Israel: {{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}
*[[List of cities in Israel|Cities]]: 71 single-level urban municipalities, usually with populations exceeding 20,000 residents.
*[[Local council (Israel)|Local councils]]: 141 single-level urban or rural municipalities, usually with populations between 2,000 and 20,000.
*[[Regional council (Israel)|Regional Councils]]: 54 bi-level municipalities which govern multiple rural communities located in relative geographic vicinity. The number of residents in the individual communities usually does not exceed 2000. There are no clear limits to the population and land area size of Israeli regional councils.
*[[Local industrial council (Israel)|Industrial councils]]: Two single-level municipalities which govern large and complex industrial areas outside cities. The local industrial councils are Tefen in [[Upper Galilee]] (north of [[Karmiel]]) and [[Ramat Hovav]] in the [[Negev]] (south of [[Beer Sheva]]).