The Northern District (; ) is one of Israel's six administrative districts. The Northern District has a land area of 4,473&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, making it the second largest district in Israel.

The Golan Heights has been run as a sub-district of the North District of Israel since the 1981 Golan Heights Law was passed, although the claim is only recognized by the United States while United Nations Security Council condemned the annexation in its Resolution 497 without enforcing it. The Golan Heights covers a land area of 1,154&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and the remainder of the Northern District covers 3,324&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (3,484&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> including water).

Geography

Climate

The Northern District has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa), with hot, dry summers and cool, rainy occasionally snowy winters. It is home to the wettest locations in Israel, including Harashim.

Demographics

According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics data for 2022:

  • Total population: 1,527,800 (2022)
  • Ethnic:
  • Arabs: 816,800 (53.5%)
  • Jews: 647,500 (42.4%)
  • Others: 63,500 (4.2%)

In the Israeli census, no distinction is made between Arab citizens of Israel and Syrian inhabitants of the Golan Heights, many of whom are not citizens of Israel, but of Syria.

  • Religious:
  • Jews: 647,500 (42.4%)
  • Muslims: 597,300 (39.1%)
  • Druze: 120,300 (7.9%)
  • Christians: 97,800 (6.4%)
  • Not classified: 55,600 (3.6%)
  • Density: 335/km<sup>2</sup>

The Northern District is the only district of Israel where the majority of inhabitants are Arabs.

Administrative local authorities

thumb|Geographical distribution of the main ethno-cultural communities Haifa and Northern districts

thumb|Safed, one of the 4 holy cities in Judaism. View of the [[artists' quarter of Safed]]

thumb|[[Nazareth, the largest city in the North District and hometown of Jesus.]]

{| class=wikitable

! style="font-size:larger; background:#00008B; color:white;" colspan="3" | Subdistricts

|-

| colspan="3" |

  • Acre
  • Golan
  • Jezreel
  • Kinneret (Tiberias)
  • Safed

|-

! width="250;" style="font-size:larger; background:#00008B; color:white;" | Cities

! width="250;" style="font-size:larger; background:#00008B; color:white;" | Local Councils

! width="250;" style="font-size:larger; background:#00008B; color:white;" | Regional Councils

|-

| valign="top" |

  • Acre
  • Afula
  • Arraba
  • Bet She'an
  • Karmiel
  • Kiryat Shmona
  • Ma'alot-Tarshiha
  • Maghar
  • Migdal HaEmek
  • Nahariyya
  • Nazareth
  • Nof HaGalil
  • Safed
  • Sakhnin
  • Shefa-'Amr
  • Tamra
  • Tiberias
  • Yokneam

| valign="top" |

  • Abu Sinan
  • Basmat Tab'un
  • Beit Jann
  • Bi'ina
  • Bir al-Maksur
  • Bu'eine Nujeidat
  • Buq'ata
  • Daburiyya
  • Deir al-Asad
  • Deir Hanna
  • Eilabun
  • Ein Qiniyye
  • Ein Mahil
  • Fassuta
  • Ghajar
  • Hazor HaGelilit
  • Hurfeish
  • 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 Kama
  • Kfar Tavor
  • Kfar Vradim
  • Kisra-Sumei
  • Majd al-Krum
  • Majdal Shams
  • Mas'ada
  • Mashhad
  • Mazra'a
  • Metula
  • Migdal
  • Mi'ilya
  • Nahf
  • Peki'in
  • Ramat Yishai
  • Rameh
  • Reineh
  • Rosh Pinna
  • Sajur
  • Sha'ab
  • Shibli-Umm al-Ghanam
  • Shlomi
  • Tuba-Zangariyye
  • Tur'an
  • Yafa an-Naseriyye
  • Yanuh-Jat
  • Yavne'el
  • Yesod HaMa'ala
  • Yirka
  • Zarzir

| valign="top" |

  • al-Batuf
  • Bustan al-Marj
  • Emek HaYarden
  • Gilboa
  • Golan
  • Jezreel Valley
  • Lower Galilee
  • Ma'ale Yosef
  • Matte Asher
  • Megiddo
  • Merom HaGalil
  • Mevo'ot HaHermon
  • Misgav
  • Upper Galilee
  • Valley of Springs (formerly Beit She'an Valley)

|}

See also

  • Galilee
  • Arab localities in Israel
  • List of cities in Israel

References