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**North District**
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Hebrew	מחוז הצפון
Arabic	الواء الشمالي
Capital	Nazareth
Largest city	Nazareth
Cities	17
Local Councils	61
Regional Councils	15
Population	1,216,800 (2007)
Area	4,478 km²

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. Excluding the Golan Heights, which is 1,154 km² in area, the land total comes to 3,324 km² (3,484 km² including water). 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Administrative regions

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

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

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

[CBS-0] Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Abstract of Israel 2006 - No.57 [1][2] (Hebrew, English)

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