Ariel
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Key facts
- Iso 259
- ʔariˀel
- Region
- West Bank
- District
- Judea and Samaria Area
- Mayor
- Yair Chetboun
- Total
- 14,677 dunams (14.677 km ; 5.667 sq mi)
- Density
- 1,512.0/km (3,916.0/sq mi)
- Name meaning
- Lion of God
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
32°6′22″N 35°11′16″E / 32.10611°N 35.18778°E / 32.10611; 35.18778
Ariel (Hebrew: אֲרִיאֵל; Arabic: أريئيل) is an Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the central West Bank, part of the Israeli-occupied territories, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the Green Line and 34 kilometres (21 mi) west of the Jordan border. Ariel was first established in 1978 and its population was 22,191 in 2024, composed of veteran and young Israelis, English-speaking immigrants, and immigrants from the former Soviet Union, with an additional influx of above 10,000 students from Ariel University. It is the fifth largest Israeli settlement in the West Bank, after Modi'in Illit, Beitar Illit, Ma'ale Adumim, and Givat Ze'ev.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ariel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.