Editing Gush Dan (section)

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<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name               = Gush Dan
| native_name        = {{native name|he|גּוּשׁ דָּן|italics=off}}  
{{native name|ar|غوش دان|italics=off}}
| settlement_type    = [[Metropolitan area]]
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| image_skyline      = TelAvivAvivMetro.png
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| image_caption      = '''From top left''': [[Tel Aviv]], [[Herzliya]], [[Bat Yam]], [[Netanya]], [[Ashdod]], [[Rishon LeZion]], Southern Suburbs of [[Tel Aviv]].
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| nickname           = Dan Bloc (Gush Dan in Hebrew)
| coordinates        = {{Coord|32|2|N|34|46|E|source:plwiki_region:IL|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_name2  = Gush Dan
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| area_total_km2     = 1,516
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="population">{{cite report|url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/doclib/2022/2.shnatonpopulation/st02_25.pdf|title=LOCALITIES, POPULATION AND DENSITY PER SQ. KM. OF LAND, BY METROPOLITAN AREA(1) AND SELECTED LOCALITIES|year=2022|publisher=[[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]]|access-date=April 15, 2023}}</ref><ref name="cbs.gov.il" />
| population_total   = 4,156,900<br />'''44% of [[Israel]]'s population'''
| population_as_of   = 31 December 2021
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| population_density_metro_km2 = 2291
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| population_note    = [[Israeli Jews]]: 89.2%<br />[[Israeli Arabs]]: 5.2%<br />Others: 5.6%
| demographics_type2 = GDP
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.calcalist.co.il/Article.aspx?guid=3552158|title=Instead of talking about national economy, we should talk about cities|website=www.calcalist.co.il}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2023/October/weo-report?c=436,&s=NGDPD,&sy=2020&ey=2022&ssm=0&scsm=1&scc=0&ssd=1&ssc=0&sic=0&sort=country&ds=.&br=1|title= World Economic Outlook database: October 2023|website=www.imf.org}}</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = Total
| demographics2_info1 = [[US$]]310 billion<br />'''59% of Israel's [[Gross domestic product|GDP]]''' (2022)
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| postal_code        = 61999
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| area_code          = +972 (Israel)
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'''Gush Dan''' ({{langx|he|גּוּשׁ דָּן}}, {{Lit|Dan bloc}}) or '''Tel Aviv metropolitan area''' is a [[conurbation]] in [[Israel]], located along [[Israeli coastal plain|the country's Mediterranean coastline]]. There is no single formal definition of Gush Dan, though the term is in frequent use by both governmental bodies and the general public. It ranges from combining [[Tel Aviv]] with cities that form an urban continuum with it, to the entire areas from both the [[Tel Aviv District]] and the [[Central District (Israel)|Central District]], or sometimes the whole [[Metropolitan Area]] of [[Tel Aviv]],<ref name="cbs.gov.il">{{cite web | url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton60/st02_16.pdf | title=Localities, Population, and Density | access-date=2010-01-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415141138/http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton60/st02_16.pdf | archive-date=2016-04-15 | url-status=dead}}</ref> which includes a small part of the [[Southern District (Israel)|Southern District]] as well. Gush Dan is the largest conurbation and metropolitan area in Israel and the center of Israel's [[Economy of Israel|financial]] and [[Silicon Wadi|High technology]] sector. In 2021 the metropolitan area has an estimated population of 4,156,900 residents, 89% of whom were [[Israeli Jews]].