Kinneret Subdistrict

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Kinneret Subdistrict
נפת כנרת
قضاء كينيرت
Tiberias Subdistrict
נפת טבריה
قضاء طبريا
Subdistrict
Kinneret subdistrict in Israel.svg
Northern District in blue, with Kinneret Subdistrict in dark blue
CountryFlag of Israel.svg  Israel
District Northern
Area
  Total529 km2 (204 sq mi)
Population
 (2016) [1]
  Total113,000
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.

History

The subdistrict is mostly composed of what had been, during British-ruled Mandatory Palestine, the Tiberas Subdistrict.

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References

  1. "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 9 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

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