Jerusalem District

The Jerusalem District (Hebrew: מחוז ירושלים‎; Arabic: منطقة القدس‎) is one of six administrative districts of Israel. The district capital is Jerusalem. The Jerusalem District has a land area of 652 km². The population of 1,159,900 is 66.3% Jewish and 32.1% Arab.[1] A fifth (21%) of the Arabs in Israel live in the Jerusalem District, which includes both East and West Jerusalem.[2] Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem has not been recognized by the international community.[3]

This article is about the Israeli administrative district. For the district in Mandatory Palestine, see Jerusalem Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine. For the administrative district of the Palestinian Authority, see Quds Governorate.
Jerusalem District
District of Israel
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 • Hebrewמחוז ירושלים‎
 • Arabicمنطقة القدس
Cities2
Local Councils3
Regional Councils1
CapitalJerusalem
Area
 • Total652 km2 (252 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total1,159,900
ISO 3166 codeIL-JM
The route from Jerusalem to Ashdod.

The majority of Arabs in the Jerusalem District are Palestinians, eligible to apply for citizenship under Israeli law, but either declining to apply or unsuccessful. The minority are Arab citizens of Israel living in Abu Ghosh, Beit Safafa and East Jerusalem, where Arab professionals have settled since the late 1970s, mainly for the provision of legal and other services to the local population. The non-Jewish population is 95.2% Muslim, 3.5% Christian with the others unclassified by religion.[4]

Administrative sub-regions
Cities Local Councils Regional Councils

The Jerusalem Municipality, including East Jerusalem and other annexed parts of the West Bank, constituted with 125 km² about 19% of the Jerusalem District in 2008.[5]

See also

References
  1. Localities and Population, By Population Group, District, Sub-District and Natural Region (PDF). Statistical Abstract of Israel (Report). 71. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  2. The Future of the Global Muslim Population, PEW Forum
  3. "Jerusalem: Israeli police hit in Palestinian car attack". BBC. 6 March 2015.
  4. Population, By Population Group, Religion, Age and Sex, District and Sub-District (PDF). Statistical Abstract of Israel (Report). 71. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  5. Statistical Yearbook 2012, Table I/2 – Area of the State of Israel, Jerusalem District and the Municipal Area of Jerusalem and Selected Localities, 2008. Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies.

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