Haifa District (Hebrew: מחוז חיפה) surrounding the city of Haifa, Israel (also the district's capital city), is one of six administrative districts of Israel. Its land area is 863 km² (1,380 sq mi). According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2005, the population stood at 858,000, of which 71.27% are Jewish, 18.81% are Arab Muslims, 1.78% are Arab Christians, 2.52% are Druze, and 4.9% are "not classified by religion" , and grew at an average annual rate of 0.8% . It includes the following towns and cities: