Kinneret Subdistrict
Kinneret Subdistrict
נפת כנרת قضاء كينيرت Tiberias Subdistrict נפת טבריה قضاء طبريا | |
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Subdistrict | |
 Northern District in blue, with Kinneret Subdistrict in dark blue | |
Interactive map of Kinneret Subdistrict | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Area | |
• Total | 529 km2 (204 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 124,800 |
| 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, also known as the Lake of Kinneret.
It spans 529 Km and has a population of 124,800 residents, at the end of 2023, of whom 36,100 were Arabs and 86,900 Jews and others.[2]
History
The region that encompasses this subdistrict has a long history, from prehistoric times, Hellenistic and Roman periods, Middle Ages, and Modern times.[3][4][5][6] This area is the location for many of the ministrations of Jesus and his disciples, as described in the gospels of Mark, Matthew, and John. After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, when the Romans banished the Jews, many relocated to this region.[7]
The subdistrict was established by the State of Israel in the 1950s based on the district in existence during the British Mandate.[8] The first Jewish settlement in the modern era, established along the Lake of Galilee, was Degania, a kibbutz established in 1909. It was followed by several other kibbutzim.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 44,900 | — |
| 1983 | 58,200 | +29.6% |
| 1995 | 75,600 | +29.9% |
| 2008 | 96,370 | +27.5% |
| 2022 | 119,084 | +23.6% |
| 2024 | 125,554 | +5.4% |
Administrative local authorities
| Cities | Local Councils | Regional Councils |
|---|---|---|
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Voting Patterns
In the 2022 election, 52.8 percent of voters in the subdistrict voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu, while 34.5 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 12.7 percent voted for the Arab parties.[11]
Natural Regions
The Kinneret subdistrict is divided into two major areas with a total of 46 cities, villages and settlements.[2]
References
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "LOCALITIES(1) AND POPULATION, BY POPULATION GROUP, DISTRICT, SUB-DISTRICT AND NATURAL REGION" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics.
- ↑ Maher, Lisa A.; Richter, Tobias; Macdonald, Danielle; Jones, Matthew D.; Martin, Louise; Stock, Jay T. (2012). "Twenty thousand-year-old huts at a hunter-gatherer settlement in eastern Jordan". PLOS ONE. 7 (2) e31447. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...731447M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031447. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3280235. PMID 22355366.
- ↑ Sugimoto, David T. (2015). "History and Nature of Iron Age Cities in the Northeastern Sea of Galilee Region: A Preliminary Overview". Orient. 50: 91–108. doi:10.5356/orient.50.91.
- ↑ Nicolle, David (28 January 1993). Hattin 1187: Saladin's greatest victory. Osprey. ISBN 978-1-85532-284-4.
- ↑ Biger, Gideon (2004). The Boundaries of Modern Palestine, 1840–1947. Routledge Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7146-5654-0.
- ↑ Leibner, U. "Archaeology and identity in second-century Galilee". Journal of Roman Archaeology. 2021 (34): 922–935.
- ↑ אליעזר, ברוצקוס; Brutzkus, Eliezer (1988). "The Origins of Subdivision of the Area of Israel into Administrative Districts and Sub-Districts / קביעת הגבולות של מחוזות ונפות אדמיניסטרטיביים בשנים הראשונות של המדינה". Horizons in Geography / אופקים בגאוגרפיה (23/24): 73–88. ISSN 0334-3774. JSTOR 23698514.
- ↑ "Regional Statistics". www.cbs.gov.il. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Additional files - census 2008". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ↑ "The true results of the elections for the 25th Knesset". Israel: Central Elections Committee. November 1, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
- ↑ "Regional Statistics". Central Bureau of Statistics.