Safed Subdistrict

This article is about Israeli Subdistrict. For Mandatory Subdistict, see Safad Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine.

The Safed subdistrict is one of Israel's sub-districts in the Northern District.^[2] As the name suggests, the main settlement is the town of Safed.

Safed district נפת צפת قضاء صفد
Subdistrict
Northern District in blue, with Safed Subdistrict in dark blue
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Area
• Total	670 km2 (260 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	115,500
Ethnicity
• Jews and others	89.4%
• Arabs	10.6%

History

The subdistrict is mostly composed of what had been, during British-ruled Mandatory Palestine, the Safad Subdistrict.

Safed - it is one of the holy cities of Judaism. In the image is the Artists Quarter of Safed