The Safed subdistrict is one of Israel's sub-districts in the Northern District.[2] As the name suggests, the main settlement is the town of Safed.
Safed district
נפת צפת قضاء صفد | |
|---|---|
Subdistrict | |
 Northern District in blue, with Safed Subdistrict in dark blue | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Area | |
• Total | 670 km2 (260 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 115,500 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Jews and others | 89.4% |
| • Arabs | 10.6% |
History
editThe subdistrict is mostly composed of what had been, during British-ruled Mandatory Palestine, the Safad Subdistrict.
References
edit- ^ "Population, by Population Group, Religion, Age and Sex, District and Sub-District" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ "Subdistricts of Israel". statoids. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
33°00′N 35°30′E / 33.000°N 35.500°E
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