- Haifa District
Infobox Israel district
name=Haifa District
caption=
imgsize=150px
hebname=Hebrew|מחוז חיפה
arname=منطقة حيفا
capital=Haifa
largest city=Haifa
no cities=12
no lc=11
no rc=4
population=858,000
popyear=2007
area=864Haifa District ( _he. מחוז חיפה, "Mehoz Ḥeifa") is an administrative district surrounding the city of
Haifa ,Israel . The district is one of six administrative districts of Israel, and the capital of it is Haifa. The district land area is 864 km² (299.3 mi²). [Cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/shnaton/templ_shnaton.html?num_tab=st01_02x&CYear=2007|format=PDF|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=2008-02-16|title=Land Use, By District and Sub-District]According to the
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of2005 , the population of the district stood at 858,000, of which 71.27% are Jewish, 18.81% are Arab Muslims, 1.78% areArab Christian s, 2.52% areDruze , and 4.9% are "not classified by religion", and grew at an average annual rate of 0.8%. [cite web | last =Israel Central Bureau of Statistics estimate of population, by population group, religion, age, gender and districts | title = CBS Statistical Abstract of Israel | url = http://www1.cbs.gov.il/shnaton57/st02_10x.pdf | date = 2005 ] [cite web | last =Israel Central Bureau of Statistics estimate of population growth | title = Sources of Population Growth by District, Population Group and Religion | url = http://www1.cbs.gov.il/shnaton57/st02_05.pdf | date = 2005 ]Administrative sub-regions
Footnotes
ee also
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Districts of Israel
*List of cities in Israel
*List of Arab localities in Israel
*Wadi Ara
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