Haifa District

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Haifa District of Israel, highlighted.
The Haifa District of Israel, highlighted.

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.

According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2006, 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 growing at an average annual rate of 0.8% [2]. It includes the following towns and cities:

Contents

  • Ar'ara - عرعرة ,ערערה
  • Binyamina-Giv'at Ada - בנימינה-גבעת־עדה
  • Jisr az-Zarqa - جـِسـْر الزرقاء ,ג'סר א-זרקא
  • Kfar Qara - كفر قرع ,כפר קרע
  • Ma'ale Iron - معله عيرون ,מעלה עירון
  • Pardes Hanna-Karkur - פרדס־חנה-כרכור
  • Freidis - فريديس ,פריידיס
  • Kiryat Tiv'on - קריית־טבעון
  • Rekhasim - רכסים
  • Zikhron Ya'aqov - זכרון־יעקב

  • Alona - אלונה
  • Hof Karmel - חוף הכרמל
  • Menashe - מנשה
  • Zevulun - זבולון

  1. ^ Israel Central Bureau of Statistics estimate of population, by population group, religion, age, gender and districts (2005). CBS Statistical Abstract of Israel.
  2. ^ Israel Central Bureau of Statistics estimate of population growth (2005). Sources of Population Growth by District, Population Group and Religion.

 This geography of Israel article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.


Districts of Israel Flag of Israel
Jerusalem District | North District | Haifa District | Center District | Tel Aviv District | South District | Judea and Samaria Area1

Notes: (1) This division is not recognized by the UN and most nations (as being part of the state of Israel).
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../h/a/i/Haifa_District_e1ac.html"
Advanced Search
Included Web Search Engines


Safe Search

close

Top Matching Results

Occasionally Search.com will highlight specialized results that are based on the context of your query. Examples of specialized results include specific links to news, images, or video.

Top Matching Results may highlight information from other Search.com pages, content from the CNET Network of sites, or third party content. The listings are based purely on relevance. Search.com does not receive payment for listings in this section but our partners that provide this data may get paid for listing these products.

Sponsored Links

This section contains paid listings which have been purchased by companies that want to have their sites appear for specific search terms and related content. These listings are administered, sorted and maintained by a third party and are not endorsed by Search.com.

Search Results

Search.com sends your search query to several search engines at one time and integrates the results into one list which has been sorted by relevance using Search.com's proprietary algorithm. You can customize the list of search engines included in your metasearch from the preferences.

The search engines that are used in your metasearch may allow companies to pay to have their Web sites included within the results. To view the Paid Inclusion policy for a specific search engine, please visit their Web site. Search.com does not accept payment or share revenue with any search engine partner for listings in this section.