Golan Subdistrict

Golan Subdistrict
Golan Subdistrict ; נפת גולן‎; قضاء الجولان
	Subdistrict
Country	Israel
District	Northern District
Population (2016)[1]
• Total	48,100
Ethnicity
• Jews and others	47.6%
• Arabs (Syrians)	52.4%

The Golan Subdistrict is an area administered by Israel as a subdistrict of Northern District. The subdistrict encompasses the Israeli-occupied territories of Syrian Golan. Thus this region is internationally recognized to encompass Quneitra Governorate, which itself is composed of 2 districts and 5 subdistricts.

The largest city in the subdistrict, is the Syrian Druze town of Majdal Shams, with a population of 11 thousand. The largest Jewish settlement in the subdistrict is the town of Katzrin, with a population of 7 thousand.

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 May 9, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018.

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[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 May 9, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018.