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Northern District

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The Northern District is one of Israel's six administrative districts. The Northern District has a land area of 4,478 km², which increases to 4,638 km² when both land and water are included. The district capital and largest city in the North District is Nazareth.The Golan Heights has been run as a sub-district of the North District of Israel since the 1981 Golan Heights Law was passed, although its de facto annexation is not internationally recognized, and the unenforced United Nations Security Council Resolution 497 declared the annexation invalid. Excluding the Golan Heights, which is 1,154 km² in area, the land total comes to 3,324 km² (3,484 km² including water).DemographicsAccording to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics data for 2011: Total population: 1,304,600 Ethnic : Arabs: 693,700 Jews: 572,600 Others: 38,300 Jews: 572,600 Muslims: 498,700 Druze: 104,500 Christians: 92,800 Not classified: 34,400 As such, the North District is the only district in Israel where the majority of inhabitants are Arabs.

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