Bnei Brak
בְּנֵי בְּרַק | |
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  Bnei Brak  Bnei Brak | |
| Coordinates: 32°05′N 34°50′E / 32.083°N 34.833°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District |  Tel Aviv |
| Founded | 1924 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hanoch Zeibert |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,088 dunams (7.088 km2 or 2.737 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 218,357 |
| • Density | 31,000/km2 (80,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Bnei Brakian |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Jews and others | 99.9% |
| • Arabs | 0.1% |
| Website | www.bnei-brak.muni.il |
Bnei Brak or Bene Beraq (Hebrew: בְּנֵי בְּרַק ) is a city located on the central Mediterranean coastal plain in Israel, just east of Tel Aviv. A center of Haredi Judaism, Bnei Brak covers an area of 709 hectares (1,752 acres, or 2.74 square miles), and had a population of 218,357 in 2022.[1] It is one of the poorest and most densely populated cities in Israel,[2] and the fourth-most densely populated city in the world.
- ^ a b c "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ No walk in the park in Bnei Brak Archived 1 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine Haaretz