Tel Aviv-Yafo Metropolitan Area (Israel)

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
אזור מטרופולי תל אביב-יפו (ישראל)
Name (Latin)
Tel Aviv-Yafo Metropolitan Area (Israel)
Other forms of name
Tel-Aviv Metropolitan Area (Israel)
Gush Dan (Israel)
Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area
Coordinates
34.789471 34.789471 32.076323 32.076323 (gooearth )
Associated country
Israel
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q319233
Wikipedia description:

Gush Dan (Hebrew: גּוּשׁ דָּן, lit. 'Dan bloc') or Tel Aviv metropolitan area is a conurbation in Israel, located along the country's Mediterranean coastline. There is no single formal definition of Gush Dan, though the term is in frequent use by both governmental bodies and the general public. It ranges from combining Tel Aviv with cities that form an urban continuum with it, to the entire areas from both the Tel Aviv District and the Central District, or sometimes the whole Metropolitan Area of Tel Aviv, which includes a small part of the Southern District as well. Gush Dan is the largest conurbation and metropolitan area in Israel and the center of Israel's financial and High technology sector. The metropolitan area having an estimated population of 4,156,900 residents, 89% of whom are Israeli Jews.

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