Cities With A Declining Population
The population of six cities was lower in 2005 than in 2000. They are sorted by approximate decline percentage:
| Name | 2000 estimate | 2005 estimate | Decline | Percentage Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bat Yam | 137,000 | 129,700 | 7,300 | 5.3% |
| Kiryat Yam | 39,300 | 37,600 | 1,700 | 4.3% |
| Arad | 24,000 | 23,300 | 700 | 2.9% |
| Nazareth Illit | 44,400 | 43,700 | 700 | 1.5% |
| Haifa | 270,500 | 267,000 | 3,500 | 1.2% |
| Dimona | 33,900 | 33,500 | 400 | 1.1% |
Read more about this topic: Cities In Israel
Famous quotes containing the words cities, declining and/or population:
“What care though rival cities soar
Along the stormy coast,
Penn’s town, New York, Baltimore,
If Boston knew the most!”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Dandyism is the last flicker of heroism in decadent ages.... Dandyism is a setting sun; like the declining star, it is magnificent, without heat and full of melancholy. But alas! the rising tide of democracy, which spreads everywhere and reduces everything to the same level, is daily carrying away these last champions of human pride, and submerging, in the waters of oblivion, the last traces of these remarkable myrmidons.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)
“The paid wealth which hundreds in the community acquire in trade, or by the incessant expansions of our population and arts, enchants the eyes of all the rest; the luck of one is the hope of thousands, and the bribe acts like the neighborhood of a gold mine to impoverish the farm, the school, the church, the house, and the very body and feature of man.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)