Haifa District

This article is about an Israeli administrative district. For the former British Mandate district, see Haifa Subdistrict.

Haifa District
District of Israel
- transcription(s)
• Arabic	منطقة حيفا
Flag
Cities	11
Local Councils	14
Regional Councils	4
Capital	Haifa
Government
• District Commissioner[2]	Fayez Hanah[1]
Area
• Total	864 km^2 (334 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[3]
• Total	1,134,000
• Density	1,300/km^2 (3,400/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	IL-HA

Haifa District (Arabic: منطقة حيفا) is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa in 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]

Haifa

Demographics

According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics data for 2016:^[4]

• 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

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
2. Transfer of Power (District Commissioners and District Officers) Law, 5724-1964, Laws of the State of Israel vol. 18 no 38. (pp. 70-71)
3. "Localities by Population, by District, Sub-District and Type of Locality". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.
4. "Localities And Population, By Population Group, District, Sub-District And Natural Region" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-19.
5. "Oops, Something is wrong" (PDF). www.cbs.gov.il.

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