Haifa District
Haifa District (Hebrew: מחוז חיפה, Mehoz Ḥefa) surrounding the city of Haifa, Israel (also the district's capital city), is one of six administrative districts of Israel. Its land area is 863 km² (1,380 sq mi).
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2005, the population stood at 858,000, of which 71.27% are Jewish, 18.81% are Arab Muslims, 1.78% are Arab Christians, 2.52% are Druze, and 4.9% are "not classified by religion" [1], and grew at an average annual rate of 0.8% [2]. It includes the following towns and cities:
Cities
- Baqa-Jatt - باقة جت ,באקה-ג'ת
- Carmel City - مدينة الكرمل ,עיר הכרמל
- Hadera - الخضيرة ,חדרה
- Haifa - حيفا ,חיפה
- Nesher - נשר
- Or Aqiva - אור עקיבא
- Kiryat Atta - קריית אתא
- Kiryat Bialik - קריית ביאליק
- Kiryat Motzkin - קריית מוצקין
- Kiryat Yam - קריית ים
- Tirat Karmel - טירת כרמל
- Umm al-Fahm - ام الفحم ,אום אל-פחם
Local councils
- Ar'ara - عرعرة ,ערערה
- Basma - بسم"ة ,בסמ"ה
- Binyamina-Giv'at Ada - בנימינה-גבעת־עדה
- Fureidis - فريديس ,פוריידיס
- Jisr az-Zarqa - جـِسـْر الزرقاء ,ג'סר א-זרקא
- Kfar Qara - كفر قرع ,כפר קרע
- Kiryat Tiv'on - קריית־טבעון
- Ma'ale Iron - معله عيرون ,מעלה עירון
- Pardes Hanna-Karkur - פרדס־חנה-כרכור
- Rekhasim - רכסים
- Zikhron Ya'aqov - זכרון־יעקב
Regional councils
- Alona - אלונה
- Hof Karmel - חוף הכרמל
- Menashe - מנשה
- Zevulun - זבולון
Footnotes
- ^ Israel Central Bureau of Statistics estimate of population, by population group, religion, age, gender and districts (2005). "CBS Statistical Abstract of Israel" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Israel Central Bureau of Statistics estimate of population growth (2005). "Sources of Population Growth by District, Population Group and Religion" (PDF).
See also
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