Northern District (Israel)
The Northern District 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 is Nof HaGalil and the largest city 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; the law is not internationally recognized, and the unenforced United Nations Security Council Resolution 497 declared the annexation invalid. Excluding the Golan Heights, which cover a land area of 1,154 km², the Northern District covers 3,324 km².Demographics
According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics data for 2016:
- Total population: 1,390,900
- Ethnic:
- * Arabs: 746,600
- * Jews: 599,700
- * Others: 44,600
- Religious:
- * Jews: 599,700
- * Muslims: 540,600
- * Druze: 111,400
- * Arab Christians: 93,100
- * Not classified: 40,000
- Density: 311/km²
The Northern District is the only district of Israel where the majority of inhabitants are Arabs.Administrative regions
Subdistricts
The Northern District is divided into the following subdistricts:
- Safed sub-district
- Kineret sub-district
- Jezreel sub-district
- Acre sub-district
- Golan sub-district
Municipalities
