Districts of Israel

There are six main districts of Israel, known in Hebrew as mehozot and fifteen sub-districts known as nafot . Each sub-district is further divided into natural regions, of which there are 50.

Note: In daily use, the word mehoz is translated as “province", and nafa as “municipality". The words were accidentally transliterated as “district” and “subdistrict".

The Golan sub-district, which contains 4 natural regions, is included in this amount, although it is not recognized by the UN to be Israeli territory. The Judea and Samaria district, however, is not included, since it has not been annexed by Israel.

Jerusalem district

Jerusalem District (Mehoz Yerushalayim).

District capital: Jerusalem

North district

North District (Mehoz HaTzafon).

District capital: Nazareth
Zefat (sub-district)
Kinneret (sub-district)
Yizre’el (sub-district)
Akko (sub-district)
Golan (sub-district)*

Haifa district

Haifa District (Mehoz Hefa).

District capital: Haifa
Haifa (sub-district)
Hadera (sub-district)

Center district

Center District (Mehoz HaMerkaz).

District capital: Ramla
Sharon (sub-district)
Petah Tiqwa (sub-district)
Ramla (sub-district)
Rehovot (sub-district)

Tel Aviv district

Tel Aviv District (Mehoz Tel-Aviv).

District capital: Tel Aviv

Southern district

Southern District (Mehoz HaDarom).

District Capital: Be’er Sheva
Ashqelon (sub district)
Be’er Sheva (sub-district)

Judea and Samaria District

Judea and Samaria District (Mehoz Yehuda VeShomron).

Largest City: Ma’ale Adummim

This district is not recognized by the UN and most individual nations.