{{short description|District of Israel}} {{pp|small=yes}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name = Northern District | translit_lang1 = - | translit_lang1_type1 = Hebrew | translit_lang1_info1 = {{Script/Hebrew|מָחוֹז הַצָּפוֹן}}{{br}}''Mekhoz HaTzafon'' | translit_lang1_type = Arabic | translit_lang1_info = {{Lang|ar|منطقة الشمال}}{{br}}''Minṭaqat ash-Shamāl'' | type = {{flag icon|Israel}} District of Israel | image_map = Northern District in Israel (+disputed hatched).svg | mapsize = 150px | map_caption = | subdivision_type = Cities | subdivision_name = 18 | subdivision_type1 = Local Councils | subdivision_name1 = 60 | subdivision_type2 = Regional Councils | subdivision_name2 = 15 | leader_title = District Commissioner<ref>Transfer of Power (District Commissioners and District Officers) Law, 5724-1964, Laws of the State of Israel vol. 18 no 38. (pp. 70-71)</ref> | leader_name = Uri Ilan (acting)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.il/he/Departments/General/board|title = בעלי תפקידים במשרד הפנים}}</ref> | seat_type = Capital | seat = Nof HaGalil | seat1_type = Largest | seat1 = Nazareth | area_total_km2 = 4,473 | population_total = 1,527,800 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_as_of = 2023 | population_footnotes = <ref name="cbs1">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/shnaton/templ_shnaton.html?num_tab=st02_16x&CYear=2015|title=Localities by Population, by District, Sub-District and Type of Locality|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics}}</ref> | iso_code = IL-Z | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 7 | mapframe-point = none | mapframe-wikidata = yes }}
The '''Northern District''' ({{langx|he|מָחוֹז הַצָּפוֹן|translit=Mekhoz HaTzafon}}; {{langx|ar|منطقة الشمال|translit=Minṭaqat ash-Shamāl}}) is one of Israel's six administrative districts. The Northern District has a land area of 4,473 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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/03/25/706588932/trump-formally-recognizes-israeli-sovereignty-over-golan-heights|title=Trump Formally Recognizes Israeli Sovereignty Over Golan Heights|last=Romo|first=Vanessa|date=25 March 2019|website=NPR}}</ref> 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 km<sup>2</sup> and the remainder of the Northern District covers 3,324 km<sup>2</sup> (3,484 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:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/doclib/2023/2.shnatonpopulation/st02_19x.pdf|year=2023|title=Population, by Population Group, Religion, Age and Sex, District and Sub-District|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|access-date=March 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311191231/https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/doclib/2023/2.shnatonpopulation/st02_19x.pdf|archive-date=March 11, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> * 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 == [[File:Geographycal distribution of the main ethno-cultural communities Haifa and Northern districts.jpg|thumb|Geographical distribution of the main ethno-cultural communities Haifa and Northern districts<ref name="8. אוכלוסייה ביישובים ובאזורים סטטיסטיים, לפי דת, סוף 2019">[https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/doclib/2017/population_madaf/population_madaf_2019_8.xls Population in localities and statistical areas, by religion, end of 2019]</ref> ]] [[File:Safed1.jpg|thumb|Safed, one of the 4 holy cities in Judaism. View of the artists' quarter of Safed]] [[File:PikiWiki Israel 17818 Cities in Israel.jpg|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 == {{reflist|2}}
{{Geographic location | Centre = {{flagicon|Israel}} Northern District | North = {{flag|Lebanon}}<br>(South Governorate, Nabatieh Governorate) | Northeast = {{flag|Syria}}<br>(Rif Dimashq Governorate) | East = {{flag|Syria}}<br>(Quneitra Governorate) | Southeast = {{flag|Jordan}}<br>(Irbid Governorate) | South = {{flag|Palestine}}<br>(Jenin Governorate, Tubas Governorate) | Southwest = {{flagicon|Israel}} Haifa District | West = ''Mediterranean Sea'' | Northwest = }}
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