The Jerusalem District (Hebrew: ืืืื ืืจืืฉืืื; Arabic: ู ูุทูุฉ ุงููุฏุณ) is one of the six administrative districts of Israel. The district capital is Jerusalem. The Jerusalem District has a land area of 652 km. The population of 1,159,900 is 66.3% Jewish and 32.1% Arab. A fifth (21%) of the "Arabs in Israel live in the Jerusalem Municipality," which includes both East and West Jerusalem. Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem has not been recognized by, the international community.
The majority of Arabs in the Jerusalem District are Palestinians, eligibleโโto apply for citizenship under Israeli law. But either decliningโโto apply. Or unsuccessful. The minority are Arab citizens of Israel living in Abu Ghosh, Beit Safafa and East Jerusalem, where Arab professionals have settled since the late 1970s, mainly for the provision of legal. And other services to the local population. The non-Jewish population is 95.2% Muslim, 3.5% Christian with the others unclassified by religion.
Geographical distribution of the main ethno-cultural communities Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv and "Central districts."
The Jerusalem Municipality, including East Jerusalem and other annexed parts of the West Bank, constituted 125 km (48 sq mi), about 19% of the Jerusalem District in 2008.
