Kinerot Natural Region
Coordinates: 32°47′41″N 35°31′47″E / 32.79472°N 35.52972°E
Kinerot Natural Region | |
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Natural Region | |
 View of Tiberias | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Subdistrict | Kinneret |
| Largest City | Tiberias |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
| • Total | 72,206 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Jews and others | 93.5% |
| • Arabs | 4.0% |
The Kinerot Natural Region is a natural region in the Kinneret Subdistrict, in the Northern District of Israel. Tiberias is the largest city in the natural region.
Geography
The natural region is located in the north-eastern part of Israel, and mostly surrounds the eponymous Lake Kinneret, also known as the Sea of Galilee. The largest city in the natural region is Tiberias, one of the four holy cities of Judaism, which contains 72 percent of the natural region's population. There are no other towns in the natural region with more than 5,000 people. It is mostly coextensive with the Emek HaYarden Regional Council.
Demographics
The vast majority of residents of the Kinerot Natural Region are Jews. Four percent of the natural region's population is Arab, concentrated in the town of Wadi al-Hammam.
| Historical population[2][3] | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1972 | 31,600 | — |
| 1983 | 38,100 | +20.6% |
| 1995 | 46,600 | +22.3% |
| 2008 | 54,870 | +17.7% |
| 2022 | 67,429 | +22.9% |
| 2024 | 72,206 | +7.1% |
Administrative local authorities
| Cities | Local Councils | Villages |
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Voting Patterns
In the 2022 election, 67 percent of voters in the natural region voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu, while 29 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 2 percent voted for the Arab parties.[4]
References
- ↑ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
- ↑ "Regional Statistics". www.cbs.gov.il. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Additional files - census 2008". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved July 15, 2026. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The true results of the elections for the 25th Knesset". Israel: Central Elections Committee. November 1, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
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