Kinneret Subdistrict
Subdistrict in Northern, Israel
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The Kinneret Subdistrict is one of the subdistricts of Israel's Northern District. The largest city and the centre of the subdistrict is the city of Tiberias on the western coast of the Sea of Galilee.
Kinneret Subdistrict
נפת כנרת قضاء كينيرت Tiberias Subdistrict נפת טבריה قضاء طبريا | |
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Subdistrict | |
 Northern District in blue, with Kinneret Subdistrict in dark blue | |
 Interactive map of Kinneret Subdistrict | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Area | |
• Total | 529 km2 (204 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 113,000 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Jews and others | 70.6% |
| • Arabs | 29.4% |
History
The subdistrict is mostly composed of what had been, during British-ruled Mandatory Palestine, the Tiberias Subdistrict.
Demographics
Administrative local authorities
| Cities | Local Councils | Regional Councils |
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Voting Patterns
In the 2022 election, 52.8 percent of voters in the subdistrict voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu, while 34.5 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 12.7 percent voted for the Arab parties.[4]
Natural Regions
- 221 Kinerot
- 222 Eastern Lower Galilee
