Bat Yam
בַּת יָם | |
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City (from 1958) | |
Coordinates: 32°01′N 34°45′E / 32.017°N 34.750°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Tel Aviv |
Founded | 1926 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Tzvika Brot |
Area | |
• Total | 8,160 dunams (8.16 km2 or 3.15 sq mi) |
Elevation | 37 m (121 ft) |
Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 128,465 |
• Density | 16,000/km2 (41,000/sq mi) |
Ethnicity | |
• Jews and others | 99.1% |
• Arabs | 0.9% |
Name meaning | lit. 'Daughter of the sea', also 'mermaid' |
Website | www.bat-yam.muni.il |
Bat Yam (Hebrew: בַּת יָם or בַּת־יָם ) is a city located on Israel's Mediterranean Sea coast, on the Central Coastal Plain just south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area and the Tel Aviv District. In 2020, it had a population of 160,000.[2]