In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of six districts in israel”. Today it says “one of israel 's six administrative districts”.
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Northern District ( , Mekhoz HaTzafon ; , Minṭaqat ash-Shamāl ) is one of Israel 's six administrative districts .1The Northern District has a land area of 4,478 km , which increases to 4,638 km when both land and water are included. The district capital is Nof HaGalil and the largest city is Nazareth .2 The Golan Heights has been run as a sub-district of the North District of Israel since the 1981 Golan Heights Law was passed, although the claim is only recognized by the United States while United Nations Security Council Resolution 497 condemns the annexation but does not enforce it. The Golan Heights covers a land area of 1,154 km and the remainder of the Northern District covers 3,324 km (3,484 km including water). Transfer of Power (District Commissioners and District Officers) Law, 5724-1964, Laws of the State of Israel vol. 18 no 38.
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North District, or Northern District, is one of six districts in Israel , it covers a large area of the Galilee , and includes the following towns and cities: Afula עפולה Akko (Acre) עכו Bet She'an בית שאן Caesarea (Qesarriya) קיסריה Karmiel כרמיאל Ma'alot-Tarshiha Migdal HaEmeq מגדל העמק Nahariyya נהריה Nazareth נצרת Nazerat Illit נצרת עילית Sakhnin סחנין Shefa-Amr (Shfar'am) שפרעם Tiberias טבריה Zefat (Safed) צפת Qiryat Shemona קריית שמונה Tamra טמרה
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Israel district The Northern District ( , mehoz hatzafon ) is one of Israel 's six administrative districts .The Northern District has a land area of 4,478 km², which increases to 4,638 km² when both land and water are included.Excluding the Golan Heights , which is 1,154 km² in area, the land total comes to 3,324 km² (3,484 km² including water).The district capital and largest city in the North District is Nazareth .The Golan Heights has been run as a sub-district of the North District of Israel since the 1981 Golan Heights Law was passed, although its de facto annexation is not internationally recognised, and the unenforced United Nations Security Council Resolution 497 declared the annexation invalid.
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Place The Northern District ( , Mehoz Hatzafon ; , Minţaqah ash-Shamal ) is one of Israel 's six administrative districts . The Northern District has a land area of 4,478 km², which increases to 4,638 km² when both land and water are included. The district capital and largest city in the North District is Nazareth . The Golan Heights has been run as a sub-district of the North District of Israel since the 1981 Golan Heights Law was passed, although the law is not internationally recognized, and the unenforced United Nations Security Council Resolution 497 declared the annexation invalid. Excluding the Golan Heights , which covers a land area of 1,154 km², the Northern District covers 3,324 km² (3,484 km² including water).
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District of Israel District of Israel The Northern District ( , Minṭaqat ash-Shamāl ; , Meḥoz HaTzafon ) is one of Israel 's six administrative districts . The Northern District has a land area of 4,478 km², which increases to 4,638 km² when both land and water are included. The district capital is Nof HaGalil and the largest city is Nazareth . The Golan Heights has been run as a sub-district of the North District of Israel since the 1981 Golan Heights Law was passed; the law is not internationally recognized, and the unenforced United Nations Security Council Resolution 497 declared the annexation invalid. Excluding the Golan Heights, which cover a land area of 1,154 km², the Northern District covers 3,324 km² (3,484 km² including water).
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District of Israel District of Israel The Northern District ( Hebrew : מחוז הצפון , romanized : Mekhoz HaTzafon ; Arabic : منطقة الشمال , romanized : Minṭaqat ash-Shamāl ) is one of Israel 's six administrative districts .The Northern District has a land area of 4,473 km , making it the second largest district in Israel. The Golan Heights has been run as a sub-district of the North District of Israel since the 1981 Golan Heights Law was passed, although the claim is only recognized by the United States while United Nations Security Council condemned the annexation in its Resolution 497 without enforcing it. The Golan Heights covers a land area of 1,154 km and the remainder of the Northern District covers 3,324 km (3,484 km including water). Transfer of Power (District Commissioners and District Officers) Law, 5724-1964, Laws of the State of Israel vol. 18 no 38. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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one of six districts in israel
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one of israel 's six administrative districts
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