The Northern District (; ) is one of

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's six administrative districts. The Northern District has a land area of 4,473 km², making it the second largest district in Israel. The

Golan Heights The Golan Heights, or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria. It is bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon mountains with Mount Hermon in t ...

has been run as a sub-district of the North District of Israel since the 1981

Golan Heights Law The Golan Heights Law () is the Israeli law which applies Israel's government and laws to the Golan Heights. It was ratified by the Knesset by a vote of 63–21, on 14 December 1981.Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Golan Heights Law Althoug ...

was passed, although the claim is only recognized by the United States while

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condemned the

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in its Resolution 497 without enforcing it. The Golan Heights covers a land area of 1,154 km² and the remainder of the Northern District covers 3,324 km² (3,484 km² including water).

Demographics

According to the

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data for 2022: * Total population: 1,527,800 (2022) * Ethnic: **

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: 816,800 (53.5%) **

Jews Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...

: 647,500 (42.4%) ** Others: 63,500 (4.2%) In the Israeli census, no distinction is made between

Arab citizens of Israel The Arab citizens of Israel form the country's largest ethnic minority. Their community mainly consists of former Palestinian Citizenship Order 1925, Mandatory Palestine citizens (and their descendants) who continued to inhabit the territory ...

and Syrian inhabitants of the

, many of whom are not citizens of Israel, but of

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. * Religious: **

: 647,500 (42.4%) **

Muslims Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

: 597,300 (39.1%) **

Druze The Druze ( ; , ' or ', , '), who Endonym and exonym, call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn (), are an Arabs, Arab Eastern esotericism, esoteric Religious denomination, religious group from West Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic ...

: 120,300 (7.9%) **

Christians A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words '' Christ'' and ''C ...

: 97,800 (6.4%) ** Not classified: 55,600 (3.6%) *

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: 335/km² The Northern District is the only district of Israel where the majority of inhabitants are

Administrative local authorities

Geographycal distribution of the main ethno-cultural communities Haifa and Northern districts

References

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Demographics

Administrative local authorities

See also

References