Haifa District Explained

Haifa District
Translit Lang1:	-
Translit Lang1 Type:	Hebrew
Translit Lang1 Info:	Mehoz Ḥeifa
Translit Lang1 Type1:	Arabic
Translit Lang1 Info1:
Type:	District of Israel
Mapsize:	250px
Subdivision Type:	Cities
Subdivision Name:	11
Subdivision Type1:	Local Councils
Subdivision Name1:	14
Subdivision Type2:	Regional Councils
Subdivision Name2:	4
Leader Title:	District Commissioner^[1]
Leader Name:	Fayez Hanah^[2]
Seat Type:	Capital
Seat:	Haifa
Area Total Km2:	864
Population Total:	1,134,000
Population As Of:	2023
Population Density Km2:	auto
Population Footnotes:	^[3]
Iso Code:	IL-HA

Haifa District (Hebrew: {{Script/Hebrew|מחוז חיפה, Mehoz Ḥeifa; Arabic: <small>{{Script/Arabic|منطقة حيفا) is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa, Israel. The district is one of the seven administrative districts of Israel, and its capital is Haifa. The district land area is 864 km² (299.3 mi²).^[4]

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):^[5]
  • 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

Subdistricts
Haifa Hadera
Cities	Local Councils	Regional Councils
Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hadera Haifa Harish Kiryat Ata Kiryat Bialik Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Yam Nesher Or Akiva Tirat Carmel Umm al-Fahm	Ar'ara Basma Binyamina-Giv'at Ada Daliyat al-Karmel Fureidis Isfiya Jatt Jisr az-Zarqa Kafr Qara Kiryat Tivon Ma'ale Iron Pardes Hanna-Karkur Rekhasim Zikhron Ya'akov	Alona Hof HaCarmel Menashe Zevulun

See also

• Districts of Israel
• List of cities in Israel
• Arab localities in Israel
• Wadi Ara

Notes and References

1. Transfer of Power (District Commissioners and District Officers) Law, 5724-1964, Laws of the State of Israel vol. 18 no 38. (pp. 70-71)
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2022-01-10 . 2022-01-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220110071409/https://www.gov.il/he/Departments/General/board . dead .
3. Web site: Localities by Population, by District, Sub-District and Type of Locality. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.
4. Web site: Localities And Population, By Population Group, District, Sub-District And Natural Region. 2016. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. https://web.archive.org/web/20180619001908/http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton68/st02_17.pdf. 2018-06-19. dead.
5. Web site: Oops, Something is wrong. www.cbs.gov.il.