Haifa Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine
| Haifa Subdistrict قضاء حيفا נפת חיפה | |||||||||||
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| Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine | |||||||||||
| 1920–1948 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Haifa | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1945 | 224,630 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1920 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1948 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Israel (Haifa Subdistrict, Hadera Subdistrict, Jezreel Subdistrict) | ||||||||||
The Haifa Subdistrict (Arabic: قضاء حيفا; Hebrew: נפת חיפה) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine.[1] It covered the northern Mediterranean coast of regional Palestine, southwestern Galilee, and the Wadi Ara region. It was disintegrated after the British withdrawal from the area. Prior to and during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War around half of the Arab localities were depopulated or destroyed. The entire district was captured by Israel and most of its Arab defenders were composed of the Arab Liberation Army and local militias.
Its predecessor was Haifa Subdistrict, Ottoman Empire.
The subdistrict was transformed into Haifa District, divided into Haifa Subdistrict and Hadera Subdistrict under Israel.
Localities
| Village | Muslims | Jews | Christians | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Shusha | 720 | 720 | |||
| Abu Zureiq | 550 | 550 | |||
| ‘Ar‘ara | 2,290 | 2,290 | |||
| ‘Arab el Fuqara | 310 | 310 | |||
| ‘Arab el Ghawarina (Jisr Zerqa) | 620 | 620 | |||
| ‘Arab en Nufe‘at | 820 | 820 | |||
| ‘Atlit | 90 | 510 | 60 | 660 | |
| Balad esh Sheikh | 4,120 | 4,120 | |||
| Bat Shelomo | 90 | 90 | |||
| Beit Lahm | 210 | 160 | 370 | ||
| Beit She‘arim | 330 | 330 | |||
| Binyamina | 270 | 1,250 | 1,520 | ||
| Bureika | 290 | 290 | |||
| Buteimat (El) | 110 | 110 | |||
| Dalyat el Karmil | 20 | 2,040 | 2,060 | ||
| Daliyat er Ruha | 280 | 280 | |||
| Dalia | 320 | 320 | |||
| Dumeira (Ed) | 620 | 620 | |||
| ‘Ein Ghazal | 2,170 | 2,170 | |||
| ‘Ein Haud | 650 | 650 | |||
| ‘Ein hash Shofet (previously Ji‘ara) | 320 | 320 | |||
| El Ro‘i (previously part of Esh Sheikh Bureik) | 360 | 360 | |||
| ‘Emeq Zevulun (Jidra Ghawarina) | 790 | 790 | |||
| Kefar Masaryk | 270 | 270 | |||
| ‘Ein ham Mifratz | 260 | 260 | |||
| Fureidis (El) | 780 | 780 | |||
| Ghubaiyat (includes El Ghubaiya el Fauqa, El Ghubaiya et Tahta and En Naghnagiya) | 1,130 | 1,130 | |||
| Giv‘at ‘Ada (El Marah) | 160 | 160 | |||
| Giv‘ot Zeid (previously part of Esh Sheikh Bureik) | 110 | 110 | |||
| Hadera (Urban) | 7,810 | 20 | 7,830 | ||
| Hadera (Rural) | |||||
| Haifa (includes Ahuzzat Sir Herbert Samuel) | 35,940 | 75,500 | 26,570 | 290 | 138,300 |
| Haz Zorea‘ (previously part of Qira wa Qamun) | 290 | 290 | |||
| Heftsi Bah | 20 | 20 | |||
| I‘billin | 600 | 1,060 | 1,660 | ||
| Ijzim | 2,830 | 140 | 2,970 | ||
| Isfiya | 180 | 300 | 1,310 | 1,790 | |
| Jaba‘ | 1,140 | 1,140 | |||
| Kabara | 120 | 120 | |||
| Kafrin (El) | 920 | 920 | |||
| Kafr Lam | 340 | 340 | |||
| Kafr Qari‘ | 1,510 | 1,510 | |||
| Karkur | 2,380 | 2,380 | |||
| Kefar ‘Atta (Kufritta) | 1,690 | 1,690 | |||
| Kefar Brandeis | 150 | 150 | |||
| Kefar ham Macabi | 210 | 210 | |||
| Kefar Hasidim | 980 | 980 | |||
| Kefar Yehoshua‘ | 620 | 620 | |||
| Khirbat el Burj | |||||
| Khirbat ed Damum | 340 | 340 | |||
| Khirbat Lid (El ‘Awadim) | 640 | 640 | |||
| Khubeiza | 290 | 290 | |||
| Khureiba (El) | |||||
| Mansi (El, ‘Arab Baniha) | 1,180 | 20 | 1,200 | ||
| Mazra‘a (El) | 210 | 210 | |||
| Meir Shefeiya | 330 | 330 | |||
| Mesheq Yagur | 1,220 | 1,220 | |||
| Mishmar ha ‘Emeq | 390 | 390 | |||
| Nesher | 1,430 | 1,400 | 2,830 | ||
| Pardes Hanna | 670 | 2,300 | 2,970 | ||
| Qannir | 750 | 750 | |||
| Qiryat ‘Amal | 530 | 530 | |||
| Qiryat Haroshet | 240 | 240 | |||
| Qisariya (Caesarea) | 930 | 160 | 30 | 1,120 | |
| Ramat hash Shofet | 240 | 240 | |||
| Ramat Yissai | 50 | 50 | |||
| Ramat Yohanan | 420 | 420 | |||
| Rihaniya (Er) | 240 | 240 | |||
| Sabbirin | 1,670 | 30 | 1,700 | ||
| Sarafand (Es) | 290 | 290 | |||
| Sede Ya‘aqov | 350 | 350 | |||
| Sh‘ar ha ‘Amaqim (previously part of Esh Sheikh Bureik) | 360 | 360 | |||
| Shafa ‘Amr (Urban) | 1,380 | 10 | 1,560 | 690 | 3,640 |
| Shafa ‘Amr (Rural) | 3,560 | 3,560 | |||
| Sindiyana (Es) | 1,250 | 1,250 | |||
| Tantura | 1,470 | 20 | 1,490 | ||
| Tira (Et) | 5,240 | 30 | 5,270 | ||
| Tiv‘on (Alonim) | 370 | 320 | 690 | ||
| Umm esh Shauf | 480 | 480 | |||
| Umm ez Zinat | 1,450 | 20 | 1,470 | ||
| Usha | 180 | 180 | |||
| Wadi ‘Ara | 230 | 230 | |||
| Waldheim (Umm el ‘Amad) | 150 | 110 | 260 | ||
| Ya‘arot hak Karmel (previously Khirbat Shalala) | 360 | 360 | |||
| Yajur | 560 | 50 | 610 | ||
| Yoqne‘am (previously part of Qira wa Qamun) | 410 | 280 | 690 | ||
| Zikhron Ya‘aqov | 1,740 | 1,740 | |||
| TOTAL | 85,590 | 104,510 | 30,200 | 4,330 | 224,630 |
Depopulated towns and villages
See also
- Haifa District For Jewish localities established before 1947.
References
- ^ "Haifa Towns Snapshot". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 25 November 2015.