Jerusalem District

The Jerusalem District (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is one of the six administrative districts of Israel. The district capital is Jerusalem and its total land area is 652 km². The population of 1,159,900 is 66.3% Jewish and 32.1% Arab.<ref name="cbs-populations" /> A fifth (21%) of the Arabs in Israel live in the Jerusalem Municipality, which includes both East and West Jerusalem.<ref>The Future of the Global Muslim Population Template:Webarchive, PEW Forum</ref> Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem has not been recognized by the international community.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Most Arabs in the Jerusalem District are Palestinians, eligible to apply for citizenship under Israeli law, but either decline to apply or are unsuccessful in doing so.Template:Citation needed Arab citizens of Israel constitute a significant minority in the district, 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.Template:Citation needed The non-Jewish population is 95.2% Muslim, 3.5% Christian with the others unclassified by religion.<ref name="cbs-population-groups" />

File:Geographical distribution of the main ethno-cultural communities Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv and Central districts.jpg

Geographical distribution of the main ethno-cultural communities, Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv and Central districts.<ref name="Population in localities and statistical areas, by religion, end of 2019">Template:Cite web</ref>

Administrative local authorities

Cities	Local councils	Regional council
Beit ShemeshTemplate:Efn JerusalemTemplate:Efn	Abu GhoshTemplate:Efn Kiryat Ye'arimTemplate:Efn Mevaseret ZionTemplate:Efn Tzur HadassahTemplate:Efn	Mateh YehudaTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn

Notes

The Jerusalem Municipality, including East Jerusalem and other annexed parts of the West Bank, constituted Template:Convert, about 19% of the Jerusalem District in 2008.<ref>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.</ref>

See also

• Arab localities in Israel
• Jerusalem Governorate
• Judaean Mountains
• List of cities in Israel
• Status of Jerusalem
• Timeline of Jerusalem
• Valley of Elah

References

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