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Gush Dan (גוש דן) is the Hebrew name of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area including areas from both the Tel Aviv District and the Central District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast.

It is the largest metropolitan area in Israel, with a population of approximately 1.75 million. The area includes Tel-Aviv- Jaffa, Ramat Gan, Givatayim, Petach Tikva, Bnei-Brak, Bat Yam, Herzliya, Ramle, LodLod ( Standard Hebrew Tiberian Hebrew Lo Arabic al-Ludd is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 66,100. Nearby Lod is Ben Gurio and Rishon Lezion.

The name Gush Dan means Dan Bloc, and is so named because the area was the territory of the tribe of DanThe Tribe of Dan "Judge", Standard Hebrew Dan Tiberian Hebrew Dn is one of the Hebrew tribes, founded by Dan, son of Jacob and Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant ( Genesis 30:4). The tribe originally settled in the central coastal area of of the promised land ( in the ancient Kingdom of IsraelThe Kingdom of Israel Malchut Yisrael in Hebrew), according to the Bible, was the nation formed around 1021BC from the descendants of Jacob, son of Isaac, who was given the name Israel meaning Struggles With God''. Following the death of King Solomon, c 9.


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