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> And Bnei Brak is the #5 most densely populated city, far more densely populated than Gaza. This is only because the term "city" is used inconsistently around
by nl 5y ago
> And Bnei Brak is the #5 most densely populated city, far more densely populated than Gaza.
This is only because the term "city" is used inconsistently around the world. Bnei Brak is part of the district of Tel Aviv, and most geographers would consider it part of the Tel Aviv-Yafo urban agglomerations[1].
The absolute size of an area puts a ceiling on the density - roads etc take up space, and the larger the area the more likely it is to include freeways, or hit geographic features that limit density.
It would be better to think of it as a 7 sq km district, and as such its density (29,345 people per square km) isn't particularly high[2]. Looking at districts with similar geographic size Imbaba in Cairo is 8 square km and has a density of 177,038 per square km, or Güngören in Turkey is 8 sq km and has a density of 41,349 people per km. If we look at similar populations (204,639) then Manhattan Community Board 7 (population 207,699) has a density of 42,387 people per sq km, or Zaveri Bazar (pop 202,922) has a density of 114,001 people per sq km.
So yes, Bnei Brak is dense, but not especially so by comparable urban area standards.
[1] https://www.intechopen.com/books/urban-agglomeration/characteristics-of-urban-agglomerations-in-different-continents-history-patterns-dynamics-drivers-an https://www.intechopen.com/books/urban-agglomeration/charact...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_districts_by_population_density https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_districts_by_popu...
- smileybarry 5y agoBnei Brak is part of the "Tel Aviv metropolitan area" but it's not part of the city of Tel Aviv, in the classic meaning: it has its own municipality, budgets, taxing system, etc. Counting it as the same city in any meaning would be wrong as the two have very different goals re: neighborhood design, density, commercial business focus, events, city services, etc.
- nl 5y agoIt's part of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Aviv_District https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Aviv_District Many "cities" have political structures similar to what you describe.