Haifa District () is an administrative district surrounding the city of
Haifa
Haifa ( ; , ; ) is the List of cities in Israel, third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropolitan area i ...
in
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...
. The district is one of the
seven administrative districts of Israel, and its capital is Haifa. The district land area is 864 km
2 (299.3 mi
2).
Demographics
According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics data for 2016:
* Total population: 996,300
* Ethnic:
** Jews: 642,700 (69.4%)
** Arabs: 233,000 (25.1%)
** Others: 51,000 (5.5%)
* Religious (as of 2017):
** Jews: 684,100 (68.6%)
** Muslims: 213,400 (21.4%)
** Druze: 26,300 (2.6%)
** Christians: 17,600 (1.7%)
** Not classified: 56,300 (5.6%)
Administrative local authorities
See also
*
Districts of Israel
*
List of cities in Israel
This article lists the 73 localities in Israel that the Ministry of Interior (Israel), Israeli Ministry of Interior has designated as a City council (Israel), city council. It excludes the 4 List of Israeli settlements with city status in the W ...
*
Arab localities in Israel
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Wadi Ara
References
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