Shefar'am Natural Region
32°48′20″N 35°10′10″E / 32.80556°N 35.16944°E
Shefar'am Natural Region | |
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Natural Region | |
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Interactive map of Shefar'am Natural Region | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Largest City | Shefa-Amr |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 237,934 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Jews and others | 5.4% |
| • Arabs | 94.3% |
The Shefar'am Natural Region is a natural region in the Acre Subdistrict, in the Northern District of Israel. Shefa-Amr is the largest city in the natural region.
Geography
The natural region consists of a wide swath of small cities and towns in the Lower Galilee, stretching from the Beit Netofa Valley almost to Karmiel, and from Highway 70 on the west to Deir Hana on the east. It is the most populous natural region in the Acre subdistrict. The largest city is Shefa-Amr, at the western end of the natural region, but it also contains several other large towns, including Tamra, Kafr Manda, Sakhnin, and Arraba. Tel Yodfat National Park is also located here.
Demographics
At 94 percent Arab, the natural region has the largest proportion of Arabs of any natural region outside the Golan Heights. Every city or town in the natural region with more than 2,000 people is inhabited by Arabs, and roughly 11 percent of Israel's Arab population lives in the natural region. The largest Jewish town is Moreshet, with a population of 1,610.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1972 | 52,500 | — |
| 1983 | 83,300 | +58.7% |
| 1995 | 123,300 | +48.0% |
| 2008 | 182,680 | +48.2% |
| 2022 | 228,969 | +25.3% |
| 2024 | 237,934 | +3.9% |
Voting Patterns
In the 2022 election, 87 percent of voters in the natural region voted for the Arab parties, while 10 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 3 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu. This was the best performance for the Arab parties of any natural region in Israel, as well as the worst performance for both the center-left coalition and right-wing coalition. [4]
References
- ↑ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
- ↑ "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.