Bnei Brak, Israel

Bnei Brak or Bene Beraq (Hebrew: בְּנֵי בְּרַק (audio) ) is a city located on the central Mediterranean coastal plain in Israel, just east of Tel Aviv. A center of Haredi Judaism, Bnei Brak covers an area of 709 hectares (1752 acres, or 2.74 square miles), and had a population of 204,639 in 2019. It is one of the poorest and most densely populated cities in Israel, and the 4th-most densely populated city in the world.