Bnei Brak (Hebrew: בְּנֵי בְרַק(audio), bənê ḇəraq) is a city located on the central Mediterranean coastal plain in Israel, just east of Tel Aviv. A center of Ultra Orthodox Judaism, Bnei Brak covers an area of 709 hectares, and had a population of 178,288 in 2014. It is one of the poorest and most densely populated cities in Israel.