The Kinneret Subdistrict is one of the subdistricts of Israel's Northern District. The largest city and the centre of the subdistrict is the city of Tiberias on the western coast of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Lake of Kinneret.
It spans 529 Km and has a population of 124,800 residents, at the end of 2023, of whom 36,100 were Arabs and 86,900 Jews and others.
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History
The region that encompasses this subdistrict has a long history, from prehistoric times, Hellenistic and Roman periods, Middle Ages, and Modern times. This area is the location for many of the ministrations of Jesus and his disciples, as described in the gospels of Mark, Matthew, and John. After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, when the Romans banished the Jews, many relocated to this region. Tiberias, the largest city in the Kinneret Subdistrict, is one of the four holy cities of Judaism.
The subdistrict was established by the State of Israel in the 1950s based on the district in existence during the British Mandate. The first Jewish settlement in the modern era, established along the Sea of Galilee, was Degania, a kibbutz established in 1909. It was followed by several other kibbutzim.
Voting Patterns
In the 2022 election, 52.8 percent of voters in the subdistrict voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu, while 34.5 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 12.7 percent voted for the Arab parties.
Natural Regions
The Kinneret subdistrict is divided into two major areas with a total of 46 cities, villages and settlements.
221 Kinerot
Population (2024): 72,206
Largest city: Tiberias
222 Eastern Lower Galilee
Population (2024): 53,348
Largest city: Maghar