South District (Israel)

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The South District (מחוז הדרום, Mekhoz HaDarom) is one of Israel's six administrative districts, and is the largest in terms of land area as well as the most sparsely populated. It covers most of the Negev desert, as well as the Arabah valley. The population of the Southern District is 1,002,400. It is 86% Jewish and 14% Arab (mostly Muslim). The district capital is Beersheba, whilst the largest city is Ashdod. Beersheba's dormintory towns of Omer, Meitar, and Lehavim are all relatively affluent, whilst the development towns (including Sderot, Netivot, and Ofakim) and the seven Bedouin cities are lower on the socioeconomic scale.

Cities, Local Councils, and Regional Councils

Cities	Local Councils	Regional Councils
Arad Ashdod Ashkelon Beersheba Dimona Eilat Kiryat Gat Kiryat Malakhi Netivot Ofakim Rahat Sderot	Ar'arat an-Naqab Hura Kuseife Lakiya Lehavim Metar Mitzpe Ramon Omer Shaqib al-Salam Tel as-Sabi Yeruham	Abu Basma Be'er Tuvia Bnei Shimon Central Arava Eshkol Hevel Eilot Hof Ashkelon Lakhish Merhavim Ramat HaNegev Sdot (Azata) Sha'ar HaNegev Shafir Tamar Yoav

References

See also

• List of cities in Israel
• List of Arab localities in Israel
• Negev

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