Israel Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Administrative divisions=== {{Main|Districts of Israel}} {{Israel Labelled Map}} The State of Israel is divided into six main administrative [[Districts of Israel|districts]], known as ''mehozot'' ({{Lang-he|ืืืืืืช|link=no}}; singular: ''mahoz'') โ [[Central District (Israel)|Center]], [[Haifa District|Haifa]], [[Jerusalem District|Jerusalem]], [[Northern District (Israel)|North]], [[Southern District (Israel)|South]], and [[Tel Aviv District|Tel Aviv]] districts, as well as the [[Judea and Samaria Area]] in the [[West Bank]]. All of the Judea and Samaria Area and parts of the Jerusalem and Northern districts are not recognized internationally as part of Israel. Districts are further divided into fifteen sub-districts known as ''nafot'' ({{Lang-he|ื ืคืืช|link=no}}; singular: ''nafa''), which are themselves partitioned into fifty natural regions.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Central Bureau of Statistics |title=Introduction to the Tables: Geophysical Characteristics |url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton53/download/st_eng01.doc |format=doc |access-date=4 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221195435/http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton53/download/st_eng01.doc |archive-date=21 February 2011 }}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- ! rowspan="2"| District ! rowspan="2"| Capital ! rowspan="2"| Largest city ! colspan="4"| Population, 2021<ref name="districts_pop">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/doclib/2022/2.shnatonpopulation/st02_17.pdf |title=Localities and Population, by Population Group, District, Sub-District and Natural Region |date=15 September 2022 |publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=21 February 2023}}</ref> |- ! Jews ! Arabs ! Total ! class="unsortable"| note |- ! [[Jerusalem District|Jerusalem]] | colspan="2"| [[Jerusalem]] | style="text-align:right"| {{percentage|802400|1209700}} | style="text-align:right"| {{percentage|389000|1209700}} | style="text-align:right"| {{sort|1209700|1,209,700}} | {{ref|jerusalemdistrict|a}} |- ! [[Northern District (Israel)|North]] | [[Nof HaGalil]] | [[Nazareth]] | style="text-align:right"| {{percentage|641500|1513600}} | style="text-align:right"| {{percentage|811700|1513600}} | style="text-align:right"| {{sort|1513600|1,513,600}} | |- ! [[Haifa District|Haifa]] | colspan="2"| [[Haifa]] | style="text-align:right"| {{percentage|735200|1092700}} | style="text-align:right"| {{percentage|277600|1092700}} | style="text-align:right"| {{sort|1092700|1,092,700}} | |- ! [[Central District (Israel)|Center]] | [[Ramla]] | [[Rishon LeZion]] | style="text-align:right"| {{percentage|2002100|2304300}} | style="text-align:right"| {{percentage|190300|2304300}} | style="text-align:right"| {{sort|2304300|2,304,300}} | |- ! [[Tel Aviv District|Tel Aviv]] | colspan="2"| [[Tel Aviv]] | style="text-align:right"| {{percentage|1362900|1481400}} | style="text-align:right"| {{percentage|25200|1481400}} | style="text-align:right"| {{sort|1481400|1,481,400}} | |- ! [[Southern District (Israel)|South]] | [[Beersheba]] | [[Ashdod]] | style="text-align:right"| {{percentage|982800|1386000}} | style="text-align:right"| {{percentage|303100|1386000}} | style="text-align:right"| {{sort|1386000|1,386,000}} | |- ! [[Judea and Samaria Area]] | [[Ariel (city)|Ariel]] | [[Modi'in Illit]] | style="text-align:right"| {{percentage|455700|465400}} | style="text-align:right"| {{percentage|900|465400}} | style="text-align:right"| {{sort|0465400|465,400}} | {{ref|judeaandsamaria|b}} |} :{{note|jerusalemdistrict|a}} Including 361,700 Arabs and 233,900 Jews in [[East Jerusalem]], {{as of|2020|lc=y}}.<ref name="jerusalem_pop">{{cite report |last1=Yaniv |first1=Omer |last2=Haddad |first2=Netta |last3=Assaf-Shapira |first3=Yair |date=2022 |title=Jerusalem Facts and Trends 2022 |url=https://jerusaleminstitute.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-ืขื-ื ืชืื ืืื-ืื ืืืืช-ืืืืืื-1.pdf |publisher=Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research |page=25 |access-date=21 February 2023}}</ref> :{{note|judeaandsamaria|b}} Israeli citizens only. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page