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Kinneret Subdistrict נפת כנרת قضاء كينيرت Tiberias Subdistrict נפת טבריה قضاء طبريا | |
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Subdistrict | |
Country | Israel |
District | Northern |
Area | |
• Total | 529 km2 (204 sq mi) |
Population (2016) [1] | |
• Total | 113,000 |
Ethnicity | |
• Jews and others | 70.6% |
• Arabs | 29.4% |
The Kinneret Subdistrict is one of the subdistricts of Israel's Northern District. The largest city and the centre of the subdistrict is the city of Tiberias on the western coast of the Sea of Galilee.
The subdistrict is mostly composed of what had been, during British-ruled Mandatory Palestine, the Tiberas Subdistrict.
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