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Haifa District (Mehoz ?eifa) is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa
Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. The district is one of six administrative districts
Districts of Israel

There are six main administrative districts of Israel, known in Hebrew language as mehozot and fifteen sub-districts known as nafot ....
 of Israel, and the capital of it is Haifa. The district land area is 864 km˛ (299.3 mi˛).

According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics

The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , abbreviated CBS, is an Israeli government office established in 1949 to carry out research and publish statistical data on all aspects of Israeli life, including population, society, economy, industry, education and physical infrastructure....
, at the end of 2005, the population of the district stood at 858,000, of which 71.27% are Jew
Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish, 18.81% are Arab Muslims
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
, 1.78% are Arab Christians, 2.52% are Druze
Druze

The Druze are a religious community found primarily in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and in the Palestinian territories whose traditional religion is said to have begun as an offshoot of Islam, but is unique in its incorporation of Gnosticism, Neoplatonism and other philosophies, similar to other followers of Ismaili Shi'a Islam....
, and 4.9% are "not classified by religion", and grew at an average annual rate of 0.8%.








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Haifa District (Mehoz ?eifa) is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa
Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. The district is one of six administrative districts
Districts of Israel

There are six main administrative districts of Israel, known in Hebrew language as mehozot and fifteen sub-districts known as nafot ....
 of Israel, and the capital of it is Haifa. The district land area is 864 km˛ (299.3 mi˛).

According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics

The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , abbreviated CBS, is an Israeli government office established in 1949 to carry out research and publish statistical data on all aspects of Israeli life, including population, society, economy, industry, education and physical infrastructure....
, at the end of 2005, the population of the district stood at 858,000, of which 71.27% are Jew
Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish, 18.81% are Arab Muslims
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
, 1.78% are Arab Christians, 2.52% are Druze
Druze

The Druze are a religious community found primarily in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and in the Palestinian territories whose traditional religion is said to have begun as an offshoot of Islam, but is unique in its incorporation of Gnosticism, Neoplatonism and other philosophies, similar to other followers of Ismaili Shi'a Islam....
, and 4.9% are "not classified by religion", and grew at an average annual rate of 0.8%.

Administrative sub-regions

CitiesLocal CouncilsRegional Councils
  • Baqa-Jatt
  • Carmel City
    Carmel City

    Carmel City is a former city in the Haifa District of Israel, located around Mount Carmel. Upon its founding, it was known as Daliyat al-Karmel-Isfiya, and renamed to Carmel City in 2005....
  • Hadera
    Hadera

    Hadera is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel approximately from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa . The city is located along of the Israeli coastal plain....
  • Haifa
    Haifa

    Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
  • Nesher
    Nesher

    Nesher is a city in the Haifa District in Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 21,300....
  • Or Akiva
  • Kiryat Ata
  • Kiryat Bialik
  • Kiryat Motzkin
  • Kiryat Yam
  • Tirat Carmel
    Tirat Carmel

    Tirat Carmel, or Tirat HaCarmel , is a city in the Haifa District in Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 18,700....
  • Umm al-Fahm
    Umm al-Fahm

    Umm al-Fahm is a city in the Haifa District of Israel with a population of 43,300, nearly all of whom are Arab citizens of Israel. The city is situated on the Umm al-Fahm mountain ridge, the highest point of which is Mt....
  • Ar'ara
    Ar'ara

    Ar'ara is an Arab citizens of Israel local council in the Wadi Ara region in the Haifa District. It is located south of Umm al-Fahm just northwest of the Green Line and is part of Triangle ....
  • Basma
    Basma

    Basma is an Arab citizens of Israel Local council located in the Wadi Ara area of the Haifa District. The local council was formed in 1995 through the consolidation of the villages of Barta'a, Ein as-Sahala, and Mu'awiya ; Basma is an acronym of the villages' names....
  • Binyamina-Giv'at Ada
    Binyamina-Giv'at Ada

    Binyamina-Giv'at Ada is a in the Haifa District of Israel. It is the result of the 2003 merger between the two local councils of Binyamina and Giv'at Ada....
  • Fureidis
    Fureidis

    Fureidis or Freidis is an Arab citizens of Israel local council in the Haifa District. Founded in 1880, it received local council status in 1952....
  • Jisr az-Zarqa
    Jisr az-Zarqa

    Jisr az-Zarqa is an Arab citizens of Israel local council on Israel's northern Israeli Coastal Plain. Located just north of Caesarea within the Haifa District, it achieved local council status in 1963....
  • Kafr Qara
    Kafr Qara

    Kafr Qara or Kafr Qari is an Arab citizens of Israel local council located in Israel's Haifa District 22mi southeast of the city of Haifa....
  • Katzir-Harish
    Katzir-Harish

    Katzir-Harish is a town in the Haifa District of Israel. It is an agglomeration of the villages Katzir and Harish, near Umm al-Fahm in the Wadi Ara region....
  • Kiryat Tivon
  • Ma'ale Iron
    Ma'ale Iron

    Ma'ale Iron is an Arab citizens of Israel Local council in Israel's Haifa District and is a part of the Wadi Ara region adjacent to Triangle ....
  • Pardes Hanna-Karkur
    Pardes Hanna-Karkur

    File:Beit Harishonim Pardes Hanna from south west 01.jpgPardes Hanna-Karkur is a town in the Haifa District of Israel. In 2006, it had a population of 29,800....
  • Rekhasim
    Rekhasim

    Rekhasim is a town in the Haifa District of Israel. It is located between Kiryat Tiv'on, Kiryat Ata and Nesher, next to roads Highway 70 , Highway 75 and 762....
  • Zikhron Ya'akov
  • Alona
    Alona Regional Council

    Alona Regional Council is a Regional Council in northern Israel. It is part of Haifa District and covers three moshavim, Amikam, Aviel and Givat Nili. The council's headquarters are located in Amikam....
  • Hof HaCarmel
    Hof HaCarmel Regional Council

    Hof Hacarmel Regional Council is a Regional council located in the northern Israeli coastal plain. The council serves a large area, from Tirat Carmel in the north to Caesarea in the south....
  • Menashe
    Menashe Regional Council

    The Menashe Regional Council is a Regional council near the city of Hadera, on Israel's north-central Israeli Coastal Plain in the southern Haifa District....
  • Zevulun
    Zevulun Regional Council

    Zevulun Regional Council is a regional council in the Haifa District of Israel. Founded in 1950, it had a population of 10,900 in 2006.The council borders Mateh Asher Regional Council to the north, Jezreel Valley Regional Council and Shefa-'Amr to the east, Carmel Nature Reserve national park and kryat Tiv'on to the south and HaKerayot to...


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    See also

    • Districts of Israel
      Districts of Israel

      There are six main administrative districts of Israel, known in Hebrew language as mehozot and fifteen sub-districts known as nafot ....
    • List of cities in Israel
      List of cities in Israel

      The following list of Israeli cities is based on the current index of the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Within Local government in Israel, an urban municipality can be granted a City council by the Israeli Ministry of Interior when its population exceeds 20,000....
    • List of Arab localities in Israel
      List of Arab localities in Israel

      The list of Arab localities in Israel includes all population centers with a 50% or higher Arab population in the State of Israel. The city of Acre, Israel has an Arab minority of 45% and both Lod and Ramla have Arab populations of 20%....
    • Wadi Ara
      Wadi Ara

      Wadi Ara or Nahal Iron , refers to an area within Israel that is mostly populated by Arab citizens of Israels. It is located northwest of the Green Line and is mostly within Israel's Haifa District....