South district (Israel)

The southern district or South District (in Hebrew: מחוז הדרום, transliterate: mehoz hadarom ) is one of the six districts of Israel, being the most extensive and in turn the least inhabited. The population is 1,086,240 inhabitants. It covers the Néguev region and the Aravá Valley. The capital is Beerseba and its largest city is Ascod. It borders the n with the central and Jerusalem districts, the ne with the West Bank (Judea), to the E with Jordan, to the S with the Gulf of Áqaba, to the SO with Egypt, to or with 51 km with the strip of Gaza, and to the Not with the Mediterranean Sea. It contains the southwest part of the Dead Sea, along the border with Jordan to Eilat.

Southern District

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Cities	Local councils	Regional councils
Arad Asdod Ashkelon Beersheba Dimona Eilat Netivot Ofakim Kiryat Gat Kiryat Malaji Rahat Sederot	Ararat al-Naqab Hura Kuseife Lakiya Lehavim Meitar Mitzpé Ramón Omer Shaqib al-Salam Tel as-Sabi Yeruham	Al-Kasom Central Arab Beer Tuvia Bnei Shimon Eshkol Hevel Eilot Hof Ashkelon Lakish Merjavim Neve Midbar Ramat HaNéguev Sdot Néguev Shaar HaNéguev Shafir Tamar Yoav