Golan Subdistrict
Israeli Occupied Golan
נפת גולן قضاء الجولان | |
|---|---|
Subdistrict | |
 Northern District in blue, with Golan Subdistrict in dark blue | |
| Country | Syria |
| District | Northern District |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,154 km2 (446 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 48,100 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Jews and others | 47.6% |
| • Arabs | 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 Golan Heights, occupied from Syria during the Six-day war and annexed to Israel under the Golan Heights Law. Thus this region is internationally recognized to encompass Quneitra Governorate, which itself is composed of 2 districts and 5 subdistricts.
Towns and administration
[edit]The largest city in the subdistrict is the Druze town of Majdal Shams, with a population of circa 11.5 thousand. The largest Israeli settlement in the subdistrict is the town of Katzrin, with a population of c. 8 thousand.
Most localities in the subdistrict are organized as part of the Golan Regional Council, with the exception of six towns which are run as separate local councils. These are Katzrin, the four Druze towns - Buq'ata, Ein Qiniyye, Majdal Shams and Mas'ade -, and the southern part of the Alawite town of Ghajar.
History
[edit]Internationally seen as Syrian territory, Israel occupied the area in 1967.
On December 14, 1981, the Israeli Knesset passed the Golan Heights Law, applying Israeli laws to the territory and creating the Golan subdistrict as an administrative body.
Demography
[edit]The population consists mainly of Israeli Jews, Druze (see Status of Druze in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Druze in Syria), and the Alawites of Ghajar.
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
External links
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