Bnei Brak

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Bnei Brak (Hebrew: בְּנֵי בְרַק; Arabic: بني براك) is a city of almost 200,000 located in Jaffa County, Palestine. It is home to a Jewish majority which represents over 90% of the population, and is a centre of Ultra Orthodox Judaism. Bnei Brak covers an area of 709 hectares (1752 acres, or 2.74 square miles), and had a population of 193,774 in 2017.[1] It is one of the poorest and most densely populated cities in Palestine, and fifth most densely populated city in the world.