| Haifa Subdistrict قضاء حيفا נפת חיפה | |||||||||||
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| Subdistrict ofMandatory Palestine | |||||||||||
| 1920–1948 | |||||||||||
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| 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) | ||||||||||
TheHaifa Subdistrict (Arabic:قضاء حيفا;Hebrew:נפת חיפה) was one of thesubdistricts of Mandatory Palestine.[1] It covered the northernMediterranean coast of regionalPalestine, southwesternGalilee, and theWadi Ara region. It was disintegrated after theBritish withdrawal from the area. Prior to and during the1948 Arab-Israeli War around half of the Arab localities were depopulated or destroyed. The entire district was captured byIsrael and most of itsArab defenders were composed of theArab Liberation Army and local militias.
Its predecessor wasHaifa Subdistrict, Ottoman Empire.[citation needed]
The subdistrict was transformed intoHaifa District, divided intoHaifa Subdistrict andHadera Subdistrict underIsrael.
| 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 |
