Northern District (Israel)

North District
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• Hebrew	מחוז הצפון‎
• Arabic	منطقة الشمال
Cities	17
Local Councils	61
Regional Councils	15
Capital	Nazareth
Area
• Total	4,478 km2 (1,729 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,304,600

The Northern District (Hebrew: מחוז הצפון‎, Mehoz Hatzafon; Arabic: منطقة الشمال‎‎, Minţaqah ash-Shamal) is one of Israel's six administrative districts. The Northern District has a land area of 4,478 km², which increases to 4,638 km² when both land and water are included. The district capital and largest city in the North District is Nazareth.

The Golan Heights has been run as a sub-district of the North District of Israel since the 1981 Golan Heights Law was passed, although the law is not internationally recognized, and the unenforced United Nations Security Council Resolution 497 declared the annexation invalid. Excluding the Golan Heights, which covers a land area of 1,154 km², the Northern District covers 3,324 km² (3,484 km² including water).

Demographics

According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics data for 2011:

• Total population: 1,304,600 (2011)
• Ethnic :
  • Arabs: 693,700 (53.2%)
  • Jews: 572,600 (43.9%)
  • Others: 38,300 (2.9%)
• Religious :
  • Jews: 572,600 (43.9%)
  • Muslims: 498,700 (38.2%)
  • Druze: 104,500 (8%)
  • Christians: 92,800 (7.1%)
  • Not classified: 34,400 (2.6%)
• Density: 261/km²

As such, the North District is the only district in Israel where the majority of inhabitants are Arabs.

Administrative regions

Safed

Nazareth, The capital and largest city in the North District

Subdistricts

The Northern District is divided into the following subdistricts:

• Safed Subdistrict
• Kineret Subdistrict
• Jezreel Subdistrict
• Acre Subdistrict
• Ramat HaGolan Subdistrict

Municipalities

Cities	Local Councils	Regional Councils
Afula Acre Bet She'an Karmiel Kiryat Shmona Ma'alot-Tarshiha Migdal HaEmek Nahariyya Nazareth Nazareth Illit Safed Sakhnin Shefa-'Amr Tamra Tiberias Yokneam	Abu Sinan Arraba Basmat Tab'un Beit Jann Bi'ina Bir al-Maksur Bu'eine Nujeidat Buq'ata Daburiyya Deir al-Asad Deir Hanna Eilabun Ein Qiniyye Ein Mahil Fassuta Ghajar Hurfeish Hazor HaGelilit I'billin Iksal Ilut Jadeidi-Makr Jish (also: Gush Halav) Julis Ka'abiyye-Tabbash-Hajajre Kabul Kafr Kanna Kafr Manda Kafr Yasif Kaukab Abu al-Hija Katzrin Kfar Vradim Kfar Kama Kfar Tavor Kisra-Sumei Maghar Majd al-Krum Majdal Shams Mas'ada Mashhad Mazra'a Metula Mevo Hama Migdal Mi'ilya Nahf Peki'in Rameh Reineh Ramat Yishai Rosh Pinna Sajur Sha'ab Shlomi Shibli-Umm al-Ghanam Tuba-Zangariyye Tur'an Yafa an-Naseriyye Yanuh-Jat Yavne'el Yesod HaMa'ala Yirka Zarzir	al-Batuf Beit She'an Valley Bustan al-Marj Emek HaYarden Golan Gilboa Jezreel Valley Lower Galilee Ma'ale Yosef Matte Asher Megiddo Merom HaGalil Mevo'ot HaHermon Misgav Upper Galilee

See also

• Districts of Israel
• Galilee
• Arab localities in Israel
• List of cities in Israel