This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Sakhnin is a city in Israel's Northern District. It is …This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Sakhnin is a city in Israel's Northern District. It is located in the Lower Galilee, about 23 kilometres east of Acre. Sakhnin was declared a city in 1995. In 2022 its population was 33,188, mostly Muslim with a sizable Christian minority.