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| population_total   = 4,156,900<br />'''44% of [[Israel]]'s population'''
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'''Gush Dan''' ({{langx|he|גּוּשׁ דָּן}}, {{Lit|Dan bloc}}) or '''Tel Aviv metropolitan area''' is a [[conurbation]] in [[Israel]], located along [[Israeli coastal plain|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 (Israel)|Central District]], or sometimes the whole [[Metropolitan Area]] of [[Tel Aviv]],<ref name="cbs.gov.il">{{cite web | url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton60/st02_16.pdf | title=Localities, Population, and Density | access-date=2010-01-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415141138/http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton60/st02_16.pdf | archive-date=2016-04-15 | url-status=dead}}</ref> which includes a small part of the [[Southern District (Israel)|Southern District]] as well. Gush Dan is the largest conurbation and metropolitan area in Israel and the center of Israel's [[Economy of Israel|financial]] and [[Silicon Wadi|High technology]] sector. The metropolitan area having an estimated population of 4,156,900 residents, 89% of whom are [[Israeli Jews]].
==History==
{{Historical populations
|source = <ref name="CBSPopulation2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/newhodaot/hodaa_template.html?hodaa=201711387|title=Population of Israel on the Eve of 2018 - 8.8 Million|date=31 December 2017|work=Press Release|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=CBS_02_01>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/shnaton/templ_shnaton_e.html?num_tab=st02_01&CYear=2012 |title=Population, by Population Group |date=11 September 2012 |work=Statistical Abstract of Israel |publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=5 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="cbsmonth">{{cite web |url=http://www1.cbs.gov.il/webpub/pub/text_page_eng.html?publ=93 |title=Monthly Bulletin of Statistics for Population |date=7 August 2013 |publisher=[[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]] |access-date=24 August 2013}}</ref>
|1946 |343000
|1956 |845000
|1966 |1291000
|1976 |1661000
|1986 |2036000
|1996 |2547000
|2006 |3098000
|2016 |3854000
|refnote=2017 data<ref name=2017june>[http://www.cbs.gov.il/ts/ID98991f858e0e0c/ Census data] {{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
}}
The name ''Gush Dan'' means "Dan Bloc", and is so named because the area was the territory of the [[tribe of Dan]] in the ancient [[Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)|Kingdom of Israel]]. According to the biblical narrative, the tribe had originally tried to settle in the central coastal area of [[Canaan]], but enmity with the [[Philistines]], who had already settled there, caused it to be able to camp only in the hill country overlooking the [[Sorek Valley]]. The camp location became known as Mahaneh Dan ("Camps of Dan"). The region that they attempted to settle included the area as far north as [[Jaffa|Joppa]] and as far south as [[Shephelah]] in the area of [[Timnah]]. As a result of the pressure from the Philistines, the tribe abandoned hopes of settling near the central coast and instead migrated to the north of the country. After conquering Laish, the tribe refounded it as its capital and renamed it [[Tel Dan|Dan]]. In remembrance of the original territory assignments, the coastal region is referred to as Gush Dan. The modern city of [[Tel Aviv]] was founded in 1909 as a suburb of the Arab-majority coastal city of [[Jaffa]].<ref name="tel-aviv.gov.il">{{cite web |url=http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/english/StatisticalOverview.htm |title=Tel Aviv-Yafo-Statistical Overview |access-date=2016-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913132730/http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/english/StatisticalOverview.htm |archive-date=2014-09-13 }}</ref>
The city of Tel Aviv grew rapidly in the ensuing decades by [[Immigration to Israel|Jewish immigration from Europe]], with its population reaching 150,000 in 1934, and 230,000 when Israel gained its independence in 1948. Before the [[establishment of Israel]], other towns in the Gush Dan were founded as well, such as [[Petah Tikva]] in 1878, [[Rishon LeZion]] in 1882, [[Ness Ziona]] in 1883, [[Rehovot]] in 1890, and most other Gush Dan cities were established before 1948.
In 1947, the Jewish population of the Gush Dan was nearly 400,000 and was the majority of the Jewish population of [[Mandatory Palestine]]. As such, almost all of it was included in the Jewish state proposed by the 1947 [[United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine]]. After the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]], the Arab population of the region, which had been nearly 150,000 before the war,<ref name="tel-aviv.gov.il"/> was reduced to around 10,000. They were quickly replaced by a larger number of Jews [[Emigration of Jews from Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe#After the war|fleeing from postwar Europe]] and [[Jewish exodus from the Muslim world|persecution in Arab countries]].
However, many new immigrants did not then come to Tel Aviv. In the 1950s, towns were built on the edges of the Gush Dan, including [[Ashdod]], [[Rosh HaAyin]] and [[Yavne]]. The nation's sole port was then located in the northern city of [[Haifa]] and its evolving metropolitan area, making that city at least as important as Tel Aviv. The new government was then trying to disperse the nation's population to the periphery and discouraged settlement in the already-populated Gush Dan. That slowed the growth of the Gush Dan, but the area still more than doubled in population within 20 years of the establishment of Israel. The opening of the [[Port of Ashdod]] in the southern Gush Dan also increased the area's importance, with the importance of Haifa diminishing and that of Tel Aviv increasing because of its proximity. Tel Aviv itself witnessed population decreases in the 1970s and 1980s, when outer regions of the Gush Dan with lower costs of living absorbed many of the people who had left Tel Aviv.
Only in the 1990s, with the immigration of more than 1 million Jews [[1990s post-Soviet aliyah|from former Soviet Republics]], 40,000 [[Ethiopian Jews]], and many others to Israel, as well as a boom in the religious population, would Tel Aviv begin to grow again. The demand for housing increased dramatically, with new cities such as [[Modiin]] and [[El'ad]] being built, and cities like [[Ashdod]] more than doubling in population, from 83,000 in 1990, to 175,000 in 2000. In the 2000s, the area continued to grow, attracting many immigrants from the [[Haifa metropolitan area]]. With a population of 4,052,200 people as of 2019,<ref>[https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/DocLib/2014/199/24_14_199map3.pdf Map]cbs.gov.il {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022164434/https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/DocLib/2014/199/24_14_199map3.pdf |date=2022-10-22 }}</ref> Gush Dan is home to the commercial, economical, cultural, and industrial center of [[Israel]].<ref>https://www.bayareaeconomy.org/files/pdf/SiliconValleyToSiliconWadi.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>
The Tel Aviv urban conurbation, stretching from Netanya to Ashdod, concentrates the largest Jewish population globally, nearing 3.9 million Jews. This figure significantly surpasses the Jewish population of the New York metropolitan area, which ranks second with 2.1 million Jews.<ref>{{cite report |editor1-last=Dashefsky |editor1-first=Arnold |editor-link1=Arnold Dashefsky |editor2-last=Della-Pergola |editor2-first=Sergio |editor-link2=Sergio Della Pergola |editor3-last=Sheskin |editor3-first=Ira |date=2021 |title=World Jewish Population|url=https://www.jewishdatabank.org/api/download/?studyId=1185&mediaId=bjdb%5c2021_World_Jewish_Population_AJYB_(DellaPergola)_DB_Public.pdf|publisher=[[Berman Jewish DataBank]]|access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref> Despite some successes in ongoing attempts by the Israeli government to encourage migration to the [[Galilee]] and the [[Negev]], Gush Dan retains its position as the heart of Israel.
==Cities in Gush Dan==
Population in cities as of the end of 2021{{Israel populations|year}}:{{Israel populations|reference}}
{{div col}}
;Over 400,000
*[[Tel Aviv-Yafo]] {{Israel populations|Tel Aviv - Yafo}}
;Over 200,000
*[[Rishon LeZion]] {{Israel populations|Rishon Leziyyon}}
*[[Petah Tikva]] {{Israel populations|Petah Tiqwa}}
*[[Ashdod]] {{Israel populations|Ashdod}}
*[[Netanya]] {{Israel populations|Netanya}}
*[[Bnei Brak]] {{Israel populations|Bene Beraq}}
;Over 100,000
*[[Holon]] {{Israel populations|Holon}}
*[[Ramat Gan]] {{Israel populations|Ramat Gan}}
*[[Ashkelon]] {{Israel populations|Ashqelon}}
*[[Rehovot]] {{Israel populations|Rehovot}}
*[[Bat Yam]] {{Israel populations|Bat Yam}}
*[[Herzliya]] {{Israel populations|Herzliyya}}
*[[Kfar Saba]] {{Israel populations|Kefar Sava}}
;Over 50,000
*[[Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut]] {{Israel populations|Modi'in-makkabbim-re'ut}}
*[[Lod]] {{Israel populations|Lod}}
*[[Ra'anana]] {{Israel populations|Ra'annana}}
*[[Ramla]] {{Israel populations|Ramla}}
*[[Rosh HaAyin]] {{Israel populations|Rosh Haayin}}
*[[Hod HaSharon]] {{Israel populations|Hod Hasharon}}
*[[Givatayim]] {{Israel populations|Giv'atayim}}
*[[Yavne]] {{Israel populations|Yavne}}
*[[Ness Ziona]] {{Israel populations|Nes Ziyyona}}
;Over 20,000
*[[El'ad]] {{Israel populations|El'ad}}
*[[Ramat HaSharon]] {{Israel populations|Ramat Hasharon}}
*[[Tayibe]] {{Israel populations|Tayibe}}
*[[Kiryat Ono]] {{Israel populations|Qiryat Ono}}
*[[Yehud-Monosson]] {{Israel populations|Yehud}}
*[[Gedera]] {{Israel populations|Gedera}}
*[[Be'er Ya'akov]] {{Israel populations|Be'er Ya'aqov}}
*[[Giv'at Shmuel]] {{Israel populations|Giv'at Shemu'el}}
*[[Kfar Yona]] {{Israel populations|Kefar Yona}}
*[[Tira, Israel|Tira]] {{Israel populations|Tire}}
*[[Kafr Qasim]] {{Israel populations|Kafar Qasem}}
*[[Gan Yavne]] {{Israel populations|Gan Yavne}}
*[[Qalansawe]] {{Israel populations|Qalansawe}}
*[[Kadima-Zoran]] {{Israel populations|Qadima-zoran}}
*[[Ganei Tikva]] {{Israel populations|Ganne Tiqwa}}
*[[Shoham]] {{Israel populations|Shoham}}
;Over 10,000
*[[Mazkeret Batya]] {{Israel populations|Mazkeret Batya}}
*[[Even Yehuda]] {{Israel populations|Even Yehuda}}
*[[Tel Mond]] {{Israel populations|Tel Mond}}
*[[Kiryat Ekron]] {{Israel populations|Qiryat Eqron}}
*[[Jaljulia]] {{Israel populations|Jaljulye}}
{{div col end}}
<gallery>
File:Gush Dan.png|Map of the Gush Dan
File:Location telaviv.png|Map of inner metropolitan area
File:Tel Aviv SPOT 1083.jpg|Satellite Image of the Inner Ring of the Gush Dan
File:Tel Aviv Area at Night (ISS026-E-28912).jpg|NASA photo of Tel Aviv area at night
</gallery>
==Metropolitan rings==
[[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]] divides the Tel Aviv metropolitan area into four:
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|+<big>Metropolitan rings in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area</big><ref name="cbs_metro_2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/doclib/2019/2.shnatonpopulation/st02_25.pdf|title=Localities, Population and Density Per sq. km., by Metropolitan Area and Selected Localities|date=September 26, 2019|publisher=[[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]]|access-date=October 10, 2019}}</ref>
|-
! bgcolor="#efefef" rowspan="2" | Metropolitan ring
! bgcolor="#efefef" rowspan="2" | Localities
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="4" | Population (EOY 2018 estimate)
! bgcolor="#efefef" rowspan="2" | Population density<br />(per km²)
! bgcolor="#efefef" rowspan="2" | Annual Population<br />growth rate
|-
! bgcolor="#efefef" | Total
! bgcolor="#efefef" | [[Israeli Jews|Jews]] and others<sup>1</sup>
! bgcolor="#efefef" | Thereof: Jews
! bgcolor="#efefef" | [[Arab citizens of Israel|Arabs]]
|-
| <big>Core</big><sup>2</sup>
| <big>1</big>
| <big>451,500</big>
| <big>431,100</big>
| <big>407,200</big>
| <big>20,400</big>
| <big>8,718.6</big>
| <big>1.7%</big>
|-
| <big>Inner Ring</big><sup>3</sup>
| <big>13</big>
| <big>975,600</big>
| <big>973,700</big>
| <big>911,900</big>
| <big>2,000</big>
| <big>8,097</big>
| <big>1.4%</big>
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Northern Section
| 4
| 144,300
| 144,100
| 138,800
| 200
| 3,327.4
| 1.3%
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Eastern Section
| 5
| 495,100
| 494,400
| 479,600
| 700
| 12,394.3
| 1.9%
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Southern Section
| 4
| 336,300
| 335,200
| 293,500
| 1,100
| 9,042.2
| 0.6%
|-
| <big>Middle Ring</big><sup>4</sup>
| <big>31</big>
| <big>1,219,800</big>
| <big>1,177,300</big>
| <big>1,108,100</big>
| <big>42,500</big>
| <big>4,157.4</big>
| <big>1.6%</big>
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Northern Section
| 6
| 239,500
| 239,200
| 232,300
| 300
| 4,567.4
| 1.3%
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Eastern Section
| 8
| 325,700
| 325,300
| 304,400
| 400
| 4,558.6
| 1.7%
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Southern Section
| 17
| 654,500
| 612,800
| 571,500
| 41,800
| 3,861.5
| 1.7%
|-
| <big>Outer Ring</big><sup>5</sup>
| <big>258</big>
| <big>1,338,000</big>
| <big>1,200,200</big>
| <big>1,140,700</big>
| <big>137,800</big>
| <big>1,052.9</big>
| <big>2%</big>
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Northern Section
| 97
| 497,100
| 397,300
| 375,100
| 99,800
| 1,284.9
| 1.3%
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Eastern Section
| 47
| 294,700
| 258,000
| 254,200
| 36,700
| 1,056.4
| 3.3%
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Southern Section
| 91
| 453,300
| 452,600
| 424,200
| 700
| 877.3
| 1.4%
|-
|''Judea and Samaria Section''<sup>6</sup>
|23
|93,000
|92,300
|87,200
|600
| –
|4.3%
|-
| <big>'''Total'''</big>
| <big>'''303'''</big>
| <big>'''3,984,900'''</big>
| <big>'''3,782,300'''</big>
| <big>'''3,567,900'''</big>
| <big>'''202,700'''</big>
| <big>'''2,361.4'''</big>
| <big>'''1.7%'''</big>
|}
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'''Notes'''
*<sup>1</sup> The population of "Jews and others" includes [[Israeli Jews]], non-Arab [[Christians]] and those not classified by religion.
*<sup>2</sup> The core area includes the city of [[Tel Aviv]].
*<sup>3</sup> The inner ring includes the cities [[Bat Yam]], [[Holon]], [[Ramat HaSharon]], [[Ramat Gan]], [[Giv'atayim]], [[Bnei Brak]], [[Herzliya]], [[Or Yehuda]], [[Giv'at Shmuel]] and [[Kiryat Ono]], as well as a multitude of smaller towns (local councils).
*<sup>4</sup> The middle ring includes the cities [[Petah Tikva]], [[Ra'anana]], [[Rishon LeZion]], [[Hod HaSharon]], [[Kfar Saba]], [[Yehud, Israel|Yehud]], [[Ramla]], [[Lod]], [[Rosh HaAyin]], [[Ness Ziona]] and [[Rehovot]], as well as many smaller towns (local councils).
*<sup>5</sup> The outer ring includes the cities [[Tayibe]], [[Netanya]], [[Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut]], [[Ashdod]], as well as many smaller towns (local councils).
*<sup>6</sup> ''Judea and Samaria Section'' refers to [[Israeli settlement|Israeli West Bank settlements]] and it includes the settlements of [[Alfei Menashe]] and [[Ariel (city)|Ari'el]], as well as many smaller settlements. The [[international community]] considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank [[International law and Israeli settlements|illegal under international law]], but the Israeli government disputes this.<ref name="BBC_GC4">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm |title=The Geneva Convention |publisher=BBC News |date=10 December 2009 |access-date=27 November 2010 }}</ref> The statistic does not however include the Palestinian localities located east of the [[Green Line (Israel)|Green Line]].
}}
==Business and commercial districts==
[[File:Bursa05.jpg|thumb|Diamond Exchange District]]
[[File:Azriely Center.jpg|thumb|Azrieli Center]]
[[File:RothschildBoulevardTowersMay2014.jpg|thumb|Towers on Rothschild Boulevard]]
[[File:Ehad Haam stock exchange.JPG|thumb|Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (old building)]]
[[File:PMarina026.jpg|thumb|Herzliya Pituah strip from the Marina]]
*[[Diamond Exchange District]] – [[Ramat Gan]] – The Diamond Exchange District is in the [[List of cities in Israel|city]] of Ramat Gan. Bordering the [[Ayalon Highway]], the road dividing Ramat Gan and [[Tel Aviv]], the district is home to [[Diamond industry in Israel|Israel's diamond industry]] as well as being a major commercial center. The Diamond Exchange itself contains four buildings (towers) connected by bridges; the [[Maccabi Tower]], [[Shimshon Tower]], [[Noam Tower]], and [[Diamond Tower]], which contains the world's largest diamond trading floor and is the main building of the Diamond Exchange. The district also has a number of other important buildings. The [[Moshe Aviv Tower]] is Israel's second tallest (and formerly its tallest) building at 244 meters. Opposite, the [[Elite Tower]] is currently under construction and is set to be equal or greater in height to the Moshe Aviv Tower. The [[Sheraton City Tower]] is a hotel in the district, whilst other notable buildings are the [[Ayalon Tower]] and [[Gibor Sport House]].
*[[Dizengoff Square]] – Tel Aviv – [[Dizengoff Center]] ({{langx|he|דיזנגוף סנטר}}) is a [[shopping mall]] in central Tel Aviv, host to about 140,000 visitors weekly. Lying south of Dizengoff Square, it is named for [[Meir Dizengoff]], the first mayor of Tel Aviv. The first mall in Tel Aviv, the center opened in 1983. It is divided into two parts and straddles both sides of [[Dizengoff Street]] with the two parts linked by a pair of skywalks. The mall is bordered by Dizengoff Street, [[King George Street (Tel Aviv)|King George Street]] and the smaller Tchernichovsky street.
*[[Port of Ashdod]] – [[Ashdod]] – The Port of Ashdod is one of Israel's two main cargo [[port]]s. The port is located in Ashdod, about 40 kilometers south of Tel Aviv, adjoining the mouth of the [[Lachish River]]. Its establishment doubled the country's port capacity.
*[[Rothschild Boulevard]] – Tel Aviv – Rothschild Boulevard ({{langx|he|שְׂדֵרוֹת רוטשילד}}, ''Sderot Rothschild'') is a street in Tel Aviv beginning in [[Neve Tzedek]] at its southwestern edge and running north to [[Habima Theatre]]. It is one of the busiest and most expensive streets in the Gush Dan, being one of the city's main tourist attractions.<ref name="Haaretz">{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/758201.html |title=For a prestigious address, nothing beats Rothschild |work=[[Haaretz]] |access-date=2006-10-08 |last=Mirovsky |first=Arik |archive-date=2009-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621070342/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/758201.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Azrieli Center]] – Tel Aviv – Azrieli Center is a complex of [[skyscrapers]] in Tel Aviv. At the base of the center lies a large [[shopping mall]]. The center was originally designed by Israeli-American architect Eli Attia, and after he fell out with the developer of the center [[David Azrieli]] (after whom it is named), completion of the design was passed on to the Tel Aviv firm of [[Moore Yaski Sivan Architects]].
*[[File:BursaTelAviv-2.jpg|thumb|The new Tel Aviv Stock Exchange]][[Tel Aviv Stock Exchange]] – Tel Aviv – The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE; {{langx|he|הבורסה לניירות ערך בתל אביב}}; colloquially known as the ''Boursa'') is Israel's only [[stock exchange]]. The TASE is the only [[financial market|public market]] for trading securities in Israel. It plays a major role in the [[Economy of Israel|Israeli economy]]. TASE lists some 622 companies, about 60 of which are also listed on stock exchanges in other countries. TASE also lists some 180 [[exchange-traded fund]]s (ETFs), 60 [[government bond]]s, 500 [[corporate bond]]s, and more than 1000 [[mutual fund]]s. 29 companies are members of the TASE, of which 14 are banks. The [https://web.archive.org/web/20081014235855/http://www.tase.co.il/TASEEng/AboutTASE/TASEMembers/ContactDetails/ list of members] indicates that Altshuler Shaham Ltd is a candidate for membership.
*[[Tel Aviv Promenade]] – Tel Aviv – The Tel Aviv promenade runs along its beaches, and is an integral part of the city's lifestyle, as well as a major tourist attraction. Most of the city's bathing beaches and hiking paths are concentrated in the central part of its 14 kilometers of Mediterranean shore. It contains numerous hotels and commercial buildings.
*[[Kiryat Atidim]] – Tel Aviv – high tech center in eastern [[Ramat HaHayal]]. The district is known for its ultra modern architecture.
*[[Bat Yam]] coastal strip – Bat Yam - southward extension of the Tel Aviv Promenade
*[[Herzliya Pituah]] coastal strip and industrial area – [[Herzliya]] – northward extension of the Tel Aviv Promenade
*Kiryat Aryeh, Kiryat Matalon, and Segula Industrial Zones – (These three form the second largest industrial zone in the country after [[Haifa]]) – Petah Tikva
*[[Ben Gurion Airport]] Industrial Zone – [[Lod]]
*Eastern Industrial Sector – [[Holon]]
*Eastern Industrial Zones – [[Netanya]]
*Poleg industrial area – [[Netanya]]
==Higher education==
[[File:Eng boul.jpg|thumb|Tel Aviv University]]
[[File:Open University of Israel campus.jpg|thumb|Open University of Israel]]
[[File:Weizmann accelerator.jpg|thumb|Weizmann Institute of Science]]
;Universities
*[[Tel Aviv University]] (TAU) ([[Tel Aviv]]) – 30,000 students<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-02 |title=Tel Aviv University ranked first in Israel by QS World University Ranking |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-748557 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Bar-Ilan University]] (BIU) ([[Ramat Gan]]) – 27,000 students
*[[Open University of Israel]] (OPENU) ([[Ra'anana]]) – 40,000 students
*[[Weizmann Institute of Science]] (WIS) ([[Rehovot]]) – 700 students
*[[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] – Based in [[Jerusalem]] - maintains a campus in [[Rehovot]] which includes The Faculty of [[Agriculture]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.hafakulta.agri.huji.ac.il/about-us|title=Something went wrong...|website=en.hafakulta.agri.huji.ac.il|accessdate=29 December 2023}}</ref> and the School of [[Veterinary Medicine]].
;Colleges
*[[College of Law and Business|Academic Center of Law and Business]], Ramat Gan
*[[Academic College of Tel Aviv–Yafo]], Tel Aviv
*[[Bezalel Academy of Art and Design]]
*[[The College of Management Academic Studies|College of Management]] (COLMAN), Rishon LeZion
*[[Holon Institute of Technology]]
*[[Interdisciplinary Center]] (IDC), Herzliya
*[[Jerusalem College of Technology]]
*[[Netanya Academic College]]
*[[Netanya Academic College of Law]]
*[[Ono Academic College]]
*[[The Center for Academic Studies in Or Yehuda]]
*[[Shenkar College of Engineering and Design]]
*[[College of Technology Education]], [[Tel Aviv]]
*[[Kibbutzim College of Education]], Tel Aviv
*[[Levinsky College of Education]], Tel Aviv
*[[MOFET Institute|Mofet]], Consortium of Colleges of Education
*[[Moreshet Yaakov Religious College of Education]], [[Rehovot]]
*[[Ort College for Teachers of Technology]], Tel Aviv
*[[Talpiot College of Education]], Tel Aviv
==Shopping centers==
[[File:Moshe2006 0605 110114.JPG|thumb|A view from the sixth floor of the mall at Tel Aviv Central Bus Station]]
[[File:Shuk hacarmel.JPG|thumb|Carmel Market]]
[[File:Cinemacity 045.jpg|thumb|G Cinema City in Rishon LeZion]]
*[[Carmel Market]]
*[[Ramat Aviv Mall]]
*[[Azrieli Center]]
*[[Dizengoff Center]]
*[[Tel Aviv Central Bus Station]]
*[[Opera Tower (Tel Aviv)|Opera Tower]]
*[[London Ministores Mall]]
==Transportation==
[[File:Littleuni 13.jpg|thumb|[[Highway 20 (Israel)|Ayalon Highway]] separates Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan]]
[[File:BenGurionAirportfromAir.jpg|thumb|[[Ben Gurion International Airport]]]]
The [[Dan Bus Company]] is primarily focused on serving the Gush Dan, although it is being replaced by the [[Kavim]] company in many of the Gush Dan's cities. Much of Israel's [[Roads in Israel|national highway network]] feeds into the area, such as [[Highway 1 (Israel)|Highway 1]], [[Highway 2 (Israel)|Highway 2]], [[Highway 4 (Israel)|Highway 4]], and [[Highway 5 (Israel)|Highway 5]].  Gush Dan is also served by the local [[Ayalon Highway]]. [[Israel Railways]], the state owned, national rail network provider, also feeds most traffic into or within the Gush Dan region. The [[Tel Aviv Light Rail]] is also a major feature in the regions transport, as well as the high speed service to [[Jerusalem]]. Two airports are located in the Gush Dan; [[Sde Dov Airport]] which closed at 2019,<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-06-30|title=Sde Dov Airport closes|url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-sde-dov-to-close-at-midnight-1001291629|access-date=2020-07-06|newspaper=Globes|language=he}}</ref> and [[Ben Gurion International Airport]] in [[Lod]] which is [[Israel]]'s largest airport handles over 22 million passengers a year and offers flights to destinations in [[Europe]], [[Africa]], [[Asia]], and The [[Americas]]. The [[Tel Aviv Metro]] is a planned subway system to the region which will feature three lines, with the first public opening planned in 2032.
==Highways==
Some of the major freeways/expressways carrying commuter traffic in and out of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area are:
*'''[[Highway 20 (Israel)|Highway 20]]''' (also called '''Ayalon Freeway''') – a major intracity [[freeway]] in Gush Dan, which runs along Tel Aviv's center eastern border from north to south.
*'''[[Highway 1 (Israel)|Highway 1]]''' – connects Tel Aviv with [[Jerusalem]].
*'''[[Highway 2 (Israel)|Highway 2]]''' (also called '''The Coastal Highway''') – stretches from Tel Aviv to [[Haifa]]. It is one of the busiest highways in Israel.
*'''[[Highway 4 (Israel)|Highway 4]]''' (also called '''Geha Highway''', or '''First President Road''') – a major north–south highway connecting [[Ra'anana]] and [[Kfar Saba]] in the North to [[Petah Tiqva]] and [[Ramat Gan]] in the center and [[Ashdod]] in the South.
*'''[[Highway 5 (Israel)|Highway 5]]''' – connects the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] coast immediately north of [[Tel Aviv]] with the central [[Sharon plain]] and [[Ariel (city)|Ariel]] and other [[Israeli settlement]]s in the northern [[West Bank]].
*'''[[Highway 44 (Israel)|Highway 44]]''' – connects Tel Aviv with [[Ramla]], [[Lod]] and the [[Shefela]].
*'''[[Highway 6 (Israel)|Highway 6]]''' – a new north–south [[tollway]] running east of Gush Dan from [[Galilee]] in the north to [[Beer Sheva]] in the south.
==Panoramas==
{{wide image|TelAviv-RamatGan-Pano1.jpg|1200px|align-cap=center|Skyline of [[Tel Aviv]], [[Ramat Gan]], [[Bnei Brak]], and [[Herzliyya]] taken from the [[Azrieli Center]]}}
{{wide image|View of Tel Aviv from the Azrieli Center (Panorama).jpg|1200px|align-cap=center|Skyline of [[Tel Aviv]] taken from the [[Azrieli Center]]}}
{{wide image|TelAviv-Pano1.jpg|1200px|align-cap=center|Skyline of [[Tel Aviv]], [[Bat Yam]], [[Holon]], [[Givatayim]], and [[Ramat Gan]] taken from the [[Azrieli Center]]}}
{{wide image|Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan, looking from Tel Aviv University.jpg|3500px|align-cap=center|Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan, looking from [[Tel Aviv University]]}}
{{wide image|GushDanPano1.jpg|1300px|align-cap=center|Tel Aviv panorama}}
==See also==
*[[List of cities in Israel]]
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.cbs.gov.il/ishuvim/metrapolin/ta_t2.pdf Tel Aviv metropolitan area definition]
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