Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area

Gush Dan גוש דן (Hebrew) غوش دان (Arabic)
Metropolitan area
From top left: Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Bat Yam, Netanya, Ashdod, Rishon Letzion, Southern Suburbs of Tel Aviv.
Nickname(s): Dan Bloc (Gush Dan in Hebrew)
Country	Israel
Metropolitan Area	Gush Dan
Area
• Total	1,516 km2 (585 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)
• Total	3,713,000. 44.7% of Israel's Population
• Metro density	2,291/km2 (5,930/sq mi)
	Israeli Jews: 95.1% Israeli Arabs: 4.9%
Time zone	IST (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	IDT (UTC+3)
Postal code	61999
Area code	+972 (Israel) 3 (City)

Gush Dan (Hebrew: גּוּשׁ דָּן‎; Arabic: غوش دان‎‎) is a conurbation, including areas from both the Tel Aviv and the Central Districts of Israel, or sometimes the whole of Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area (Hebrew: מֶטְרוֹפּוֹלִין תֵּל אָבִיב‎), which in current official designations includes a small part of the Southern District (Israel) as well. The area is located along the Israeli Mediterranean coastline. The Gush Dan bloc is the largest conurbation and metropolitan area in Israel, the metropolitan area having an estimated population of 3,713,200 residents, 95% of whom (3,527,900) are Israeli Jews. It houses about 45% of Israel's population.

Population in cities of the Middle Ring as of the end of 2014:

Hod HaSharon, Modi'in Illit, Rosh HaAyin, Ramat HaSharon, Ness Ziona, El'ad, Yavne, Kiryat Ono, Yehud-Monosson, Tira, Giv'at Shmuel, Kafr Qasim, Qalansawe, Be'er Ya'akov, Even Yehuda, Gan Yavne, Ganei Tikva, Gedera, Giv'at Shmuel, Jaljulia, Kfar Yona, Kiryat Ekron, Kokhav Ya'ir, Mazkeret Batya, Shoham, Tel Mond, Tzoran-Kadima