Haifa District ( he, מחוז חיפה, ''Mehoz Ḥeifa''; ar, منطقة حيفا) is an administrative district surrounding the city of
Haifa
Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the 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 metropol ...
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Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. 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
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Districts of Israel
There are six main administrative districts of Israel, known in Hebrew as ''mekhozot'' (; singular: ''makhoz'' ) and Arabic as '' mintaqah'' and fifteen sub-districts known as ''nafot'' (; singular: ''nafa'' ). Each sub-district is further divid ...
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List of cities in Israel
This list includes localities that are in Israel that the Israeli Ministry of Interior has designated as a city council. Jerusalem includes occupied East Jerusalem. The list is based on the current index of the Israel Central Bureau of Stati ...
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Arab localities in Israel
Arab localities in Israel include all population centers with a 50% or higher Arab population in Israel. East Jerusalem and Golan Heights are not internationally recognized parts of Israel proper but have been included in this list.
According to ...
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Wadi Ara
References
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