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A City council (Iriya) is the official designation of a city within Israel's system of local government
Local government in Israel

The local governments of Israel , are the set of bodies charged with providing services such as urban planning, zoning, and the provision of drinking water and emergency services, as well as education and culture, as per guidelines of the Israeli Ministry of Interior for communities of all sizes in the country....
.

City council status may be granted by the Interior Minister to a municipality, usually a local council
Local council (Israel)

Local councils are one of the three types of local government found in Israel, with the other two being list of cities in Israel and Regional council ....
, whose population surpasses 20,000 and whose character is urban
Urban area

An urban area is an area with an increased Population density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be city, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlet ....
, defined as having areas zoned
Zoning

Zoning is a device of land use regulation used by local governments in most developed countries . The word is derived from the practice of designating permitted uses of land based on mapped zones which separate one set of land uses from another....
 for distinct land use
Land use

Land use is the human modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as fields, pastures, and settlements. The major effect of land use on land cover since 1750 has been deforestation of temperate regions....
 like residential
Residential area

Within a urban area there is a tendency for land uses to aggregate. A residential area is a land use in which the predominant use is housing.Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas....
, commercial
Commercial district

A commercial district or commercial zone is any part of a city or town in which the primary land use is Commerce activities , as opposed to a residential neighbourhood, an industrial park, or other types of neighbourhoods....
, and industrial area
Industrial park

An industrial park or industrial estate is an area of real property set aside for industry Urban planning. Industrial parks are usually located close to transport facilities, especially where intermodal freight transport coincide: highways, railroads, airports, and navigation rivers....
s. Israeli cities in the Judea and Samaria
Judea and Samaria

Judea and Samaria is the official Israeli term roughly corresponding to the territory usually known outside Israel as the West Bank. Jordan occupied the territory and annexed it in 1950....
 area need additional approval from the commanding general of the Israeli Central Command, who is the defacto administrator of the area.








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A City council (Iriya) is the official designation of a city within Israel's system of local government
Local government in Israel

The local governments of Israel , are the set of bodies charged with providing services such as urban planning, zoning, and the provision of drinking water and emergency services, as well as education and culture, as per guidelines of the Israeli Ministry of Interior for communities of all sizes in the country....
.

City council status may be granted by the Interior Minister to a municipality, usually a local council
Local council (Israel)

Local councils are one of the three types of local government found in Israel, with the other two being list of cities in Israel and Regional council ....
, whose population surpasses 20,000 and whose character is urban
Urban area

An urban area is an area with an increased Population density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be city, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlet ....
, defined as having areas zoned
Zoning

Zoning is a device of land use regulation used by local governments in most developed countries . The word is derived from the practice of designating permitted uses of land based on mapped zones which separate one set of land uses from another....
 for distinct land use
Land use

Land use is the human modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as fields, pastures, and settlements. The major effect of land use on land cover since 1750 has been deforestation of temperate regions....
 like residential
Residential area

Within a urban area there is a tendency for land uses to aggregate. A residential area is a land use in which the predominant use is housing.Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas....
, commercial
Commercial district

A commercial district or commercial zone is any part of a city or town in which the primary land use is Commerce activities , as opposed to a residential neighbourhood, an industrial park, or other types of neighbourhoods....
, and industrial area
Industrial park

An industrial park or industrial estate is an area of real property set aside for industry Urban planning. Industrial parks are usually located close to transport facilities, especially where intermodal freight transport coincide: highways, railroads, airports, and navigation rivers....
s. Israeli cities in the Judea and Samaria
Judea and Samaria

Judea and Samaria is the official Israeli term roughly corresponding to the territory usually known outside Israel as the West Bank. Jordan occupied the territory and annexed it in 1950....
 area need additional approval from the commanding general of the Israeli Central Command, who is the defacto administrator of the area.

See also

  • List of cities in Israel
    List of cities in Israel

    The following list of Israeli cities is based on the current index of the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Within Local government in Israel, an urban municipality can be granted a City council by the Israeli Ministry of Interior when its population exceeds 20,000....