North District (Israel)

North District
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- Hebrew	מחוז הצפון
- Arabic	اللواء الشمالي
Cities	17
Local Councils	61
Regional Councils	15
Capital	Nazareth
Area
- Total	4,478 km2 (1,729 sq mi)
Population (2007)
- Total	1,216,800

The Northern District (Hebrew: מחוז הצפון‎, mehoz hatzafon) 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^[1] since the 1981 Golan Heights Law was passed, although its de facto annexation is not internationally recognised, and the unenforced United Nations Security Council Resolution 497 declared the annexation invalid. Excluding the Golan Heights, which is 1,154 km² in area, the land total comes to 3,324 km² (3,484 km² including water).

Demographics

According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics data for 2005:^[1]

• Total population: 1,216,800 (2007)
• Ethnic makeup:
  • Arabs: 622,400 (52.5%)
  • Jews: 523,400 (44.2%)
  • Others: 39,600 (3.3%)
• Religious makeup:
  • Jews: 523,400 (44.2%)
  • Muslims: 443,800 (37.4%)
  • Druze: 93,000 (7.8%)
  • Christians: 87,500 (7.4%)
  • Not classified: 35,400 (3%)
• Density: 265/km²

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

Administrative regions

Sub-districts

The Northern District is divided into the following sub-districts:

• Safed Sub-District
• Kineret Sub-District
• Jezreel Sub-District
• Acre Sub-District
• Golan Sub-District

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 Shaghur Shefa-'Amr Tamra Tiberias Yokneam	Abu Sinan Arraba Basmat Tab'un Beit Jann Bir al-Maksur Bu'eine Nujeidat Buq'ata Daburiyya 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 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
• List of Arab localities in Israel
• List of cities in Israel

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Abstract of Israel 2006 - No.57 [1][2] (Hebrew, English)

Coordinates: 32°50′N 35°20′E / 32.833°N 35.333°E / 32.833; 35.333