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A city council (, ''Iriya'') is the official designation of a city within Israel's system of local government. City status may be granted by the
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to a municipality, usually a local council and whose character is urban, defined as having areas zoned for distinct
land use Land use is an umbrella term to describe what happens on a parcel of land. It concerns the benefits derived from using the land, and also the land management actions that humans carry out there. The following categories are used for land use: fo ...
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residential A residential area is a land used in which houses, housing predominates, as opposed to industrial district, industrial and Commercial Area, commercial areas. Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include ...
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, and industrial areas. City
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s and members of the city councils are elected every five years.System of Government, Israel
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city councils in Israel.


See also

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List of cities in Israel This article lists the 73 localities in Israel that the Ministry of Interior (Israel), Israeli Ministry of Interior has designated as a City council (Israel), city council. It excludes the 4 List of Israeli settlements with city status in the W ...
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Local council (Israel) Local councils (; singular: ; ; singular: ) are one of the three types of local government found in Israel, the other two being list of cities in Israel, cities and Regional council (Israel), regional councils. There are 124 local councils in I ...
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Regional council (Israel) Regional councils (plural: , ''Mo'atzot Ezoriyot'' / singular: , ''Mo'atza Ezorit'') are one of the three types of Israel's Local government in Israel, local government entities, with the other two being City council (Israel), cities and Local c ...


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Local Government in Israel
The Knesset Lexicon of Terms. 2009
Local Authorities (רשויות מקומיות)
on Israel Government portal * City Council Ordinance City councils Subdivisions of Israel City Councils {{Legislature-stub