El'ad

El'ad

אלעד‎
El'ad אלעד‎
City (from 2008)
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	ʔelˁad
	Coat of arms
	El'ad El'ad
	Coordinates: 32°3′8″N 34°57′4″E / 32.05222°N 34.95111°E
Country	Israel
District	Central
Founded	1998
Government
• Mayor	Ye'uda Butbul (Shas)
Area
• Total	2,756 dunams (2.756 km2 or 1.064 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	49,487
• Density	18,000/km2 (47,000/sq mi)
Website	http://www.elad.muni.il

El'ad, (Hebrew: אלעד), is a city in the Central District of Israel. In the 1990s, it was built for a Haredi Jewish population and to a lesser extent, it was also built for a Religious Zionist Jewish population. Located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Tel Aviv on Route 444 between Rosh HaAyin and Shoham, it had a population of 49,487 in 2022.^[1] El'ad is the only locality in Israel officially designated a religious municipality. The name El'ad means "Forever God", but it is also named after a member of the tribe of Ephraim, who lived in this area (1 Chronicles 7:21).^[2]

^ ^a ^b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.6, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)

[Israelpopulations-1] "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

[2] Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.6, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)

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