Acre Subdistrict
32°55′0″N 35°9′50″E / 32.91667°N 35.16389°E
Acre Subdistrict
נפת עכו قضاء عكا | |
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Subdistrict | |
 Northern District in blue, with Acre Subdistrict in dark blue | |
Interactive map of Acre Subdistrict | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Area | |
• Total | 928 km2 (358 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 692,000 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Jews and others | 34.6% |
| • Arabs | 65.4% |
The Acre Subdistrict, alternatively spelt as Akko Subdistrict (based on Hebrew name) or Akka Subdistrict (based on Arabic name), is one of Israel's sub-districts in the Northern District.[2][3] Despite the subdistrict's name, the largest city in the subdistrict is Nahariya, with 68,000 people as of 2024.
History
The subdistrict is mostly composed of what had been, during British-ruled Mandatory Palestine, the Acre Subdistrict.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 173,500 | — |
| 1983 | 248,300 | +43.1% |
| 1995 | 385,600 | +55.3% |
| 2008 | 553,300 | +43.5% |
| 2022 | 666,769 | +20.5% |
| 2024 | 692,085 | +3.8% |
Administrative local authorities
| Cities | Local Councils | Regional Councils |
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Voting Patterns
In the 2022 election, 49 percent of voters in the subdistrict voted for the Arab parties, while 28 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 23 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu.[6]
Natural Regions
References
- ↑ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
- ↑ "Subdistricts of Israel". statoids. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Regional Statistics". www.cbs.gov.il. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Additional files - census 2008". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "The true results of the elections for the 25th Knesset". Israel: Central Elections Committee. November 1, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
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