Acre Subdistrict
Subdistrict in Northern, Israel
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Acre Subdistrict
נפת עכו قضاء عكا | |
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Subdistrict | |
 Northern District in blue, with Acre Subdistrict in dark blue | |
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| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Area | |
• Total | 928 km2 (358 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 692,000 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Jews and others | 34.6% |
| • Arabs | 65.4% |
The Acre Subdistrict, alternatively spelt as Akko Subdistrict (based on Hebrew name) or Akka Subdistrict (based on Arabic name), is one of Israel's sub-districts in the Northern District.[2][3] Despite the subdistrict's name, the largest city in the subdistrict is Nahariya, with 68,000 people as of 2024.
History
The subdistrict is mostly composed of what had been, during British-ruled Mandatory Palestine, the Acre Subdistrict.
Demographics
Administrative local authorities
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Voting Patterns
In the 2022 election, 49 percent of voters in the subdistrict voted for the Arab parties, while 28 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 23 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu.[6]
