In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of six districts and includes the following towns and cities”. Today it says “administrative district surrounding the city of haifa in israel”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Haifa District ( , Mehoz Ḥeifa ) is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa , Israel .1The district is one of six administrative districts of Israel, and the capital of it is Haifa.2 The district land area is 864 km² (299.3 mi²). According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2005, the population of the district stood at 858,000, of which 71.27% are Jewish , 18.81% are Arab Muslims , 1.78% are Arab Christians , 2.52% are Druze , and 4.9% are "not classified by religion", and grew at an average annual rate of 0.8%.3 Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . Israel Central Bureau of Statistics estimate of population, by population group, religion, age, gender and districts (2005).4
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The opening as it stood in 2005
Haifa District surrounding the city of Haifa in Israel , is one of six districts and includes the following towns and cities: Baqa al-Gharbiyye באקה אל-גרביה Hadera חדרה Haifa חיפה Nesher נשר Or Aqiva אור עקיבא Qiryat Atta קריית אתא Qiryat Bialik קריית ביאליק Qiryat Motzkin קריית מוצקין Qiryat Yam קריית ים Tirat Karmel טירת הכרמל Umm al-Fahm אום אל-פאחם Zikhron Ya'aqov זכרון יעקב
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Place Haifa District ( , Mehoz Ḥeifa ; ) is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa , Israel . The district is one of seven administrative districts of Israel, and its capital is Haifa. The district land area is 864 km (299.3 mi ). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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District of Israel District of Israel Haifa District ( , Mehoz Ḥeifa ; ) is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa , Israel . The district is one of seven administrative districts of Israel, and its capital is Haifa. The district land area is 864 km (299.3 mi ).
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
District of Israel This article is about an Israeli administrative district. District of Israel Haifa District ( , Mehoz Ḥeifa ; ) is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa , Israel . The district is one of the seven administrative districts of Israel, and its capital is Haifa. The district land area is 864 km (299.3 mi ).
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The opening as it stood in 2025
District of Israel This article is about an Israeli administrative district. District of Israel Haifa District ( Arabic : منطقة حيفا ) is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa in Israel . The district is one of the seven administrative districts of Israel, and its capital is Haifa. The district land area is 864 km (299.3 mi ). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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one of six districts and includes the following towns and cities
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administrative district surrounding the city of haifa in israel
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