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Haifa District

{{Short description|District of Israel}}

{{About|an Israeli administrative district|the former British Mandate district|Haifa Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine{{!}}Haifa Subdistrict}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Haifa District

| translit_lang1 = -

| translit_lang1_type1 = Arabic

| translit_lang1_info1 = {{lang|ar|منطقة حيفا}}

| type = {{flag icon|Israel}} District of Israel

| image_map = Haifa District in Israel.svg

| mapsize = 250px

| map_caption =

| subdivision_type = Cities

| subdivision_name = 11

| subdivision_type1 = Local Councils

| subdivision_name1 = 14

| subdivision_type2 = Regional Councils

| subdivision_name2 = 4

| leader_title = District CommissionerTransfer of Power (District Commissioners and District Officers) Law, 5724-1964, Laws of the State of Israel vol. 18 no 38. (pp. 70-71)

| leader_name = Fayez Hanah{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.il/he/Departments/General/board |title=Archived copy |access-date=2022-01-10 |archive-date=2022-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110071409/https://www.gov.il/he/Departments/General/board |url-status=dead }}

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Haifa

| seat1_type =

| seat1 =

| area_total_km2 = 864

| population_total = 1,134,000

| population_as_of = 2023

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_footnotes = {{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}}

| iso_code = IL-HA

| image_flag = Haifa flag.svg

}}

Haifa District ({{langx|ar|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).{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton68/st02_17.pdf|title=Localities And Population, By Population Group, District, Sub-District And Natural Region|date=2016|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619001908/http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton68/st02_17.pdf|archive-date=2018-06-19|url-status=dead}}

File:Matam hi-tech park (Haifa).jpg

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):{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton69/st02_19x.pdf|title=Oops, Something is wrong|website=www.cbs.gov.il}}
  • 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

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! style="font-size:larger; background:#00008B; color:white;" colspan="3" | Subdistricts

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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

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See also

References

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{{Geographic location

| Centre = {{flagicon|Israel}} Haifa District

| North =

| Northeast = {{flagicon|Israel}} Northern District

| East = {{flagicon|Israel}} Northern District

| Southeast = {{flagicon|Israel}} Judea and Samaria Area

| South = {{flagicon|Israel}} Central District

| Southwest =

| West = Mediterranean Sea

| Northwest =

}}

{{Districts of Israel}}

{{Haifa District}}

{{Israeli administrative jurisdictions}}

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