There are six main administrative districts of Israel, known in Hebrew as mekhozot (; singular: makhoz ) and Arabic as mintaqah and fifteen sub-districts known as nafot (; singular: nafa ). Each sub-district is further divided into natural regions, cities, municipalities, and regional councils it contains. The present division into districts was established in 1953, to replace the divisions inherited from the British Mandate. It has remained substantially the same ever since; a second proclamation of District boundaries issued in 1957 – which remains in force as of 2022 – only affirmed the existing boundaries in place. The figures in this article are based on numbers from the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics and so include all places under Israeli civilian rule including those Israeli-occupied territories where this is the case. Therefore, the Golan sub-district and its four natural regions are included in the number of sub-districts and natural regions even though it is not recognized by the United Nations or the international community as Israeli territory. Similarly, the population figure below for the Jerusalem District was calculated including East Jerusalem whose annexation by Israel is similarly not recognized by the United Nations and the international community. The Judea and Samaria Area, however, is not included in the number of districts and sub-districts as Israel has not applied its civilian jurisdiction in that part of the West Bank. Administration The districts have no elected institutions of any kind, although they do possess councils composed of representatives of central government ministries and local authorities for planning and building purposes. Their administration is undertaken by a District Commissioner appointed by the Minister of the Interior. Each district also has a District Court. Since the District Commissioners are considered part of the Ministry of the Interior's bureaucracy, they can only exercise functions falling within the purview of other ministries if the appropriate Minister authorizes them. This authorization is rarely granted, as other government ministries and institutions (for example, the Ministry of Health and the Police) establish their own divergent systems of districts. Jerusalem District Jerusalem District (, Mehoz Yerushalayim) Population ( 2018): 1,133,700 Area: 653 km2 District capital: Jerusalem. Natural regions: 111 Judean Mountains 112 Judean Foothills Northern District Northern District (, Mehoz HaTzafon) Population ( 2018): 1,448,100 Area: 4,473 km2 District capital: Nof Hagalil Tzfat (sub-district)population: 121,200 211 Hula Valley 212 Eastern Upper Galilee 213 Hazor Region 214 Central Lower Galilee Kinneret