Bnei Brak
בְּנֵי בְּרַק | |
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Coordinates: 32°05′N 34°50′E / 32.083°N 34.833°E | |
Country | Israel |
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.