Northern District
Northern District (Mehoz HaTzafon). Population: 1,241,900
District capital: Nazareth
- Safed (sub-district) – population: 100,500
- Kinneret (sub-district) – population: 100,300
- Yizre'el (sub-district) – population: 444,400
- Akko (sub-district) – population: 555,300
- Golan (sub-district) – population: 41,400 of which approximately half are Syrians and half are Israeli settlers.
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