TheRamle Subdistrict was one of thesubdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was part ofLydda District of theBritish Mandate of Palestine. The sub-district's main city wasRamle. Its total population in 1944 was estimated at 123,490, of which 88,560 were Muslims; 29,420 were Jews; and 5,500 were Christians.[1] A number of Palestinian Arab villages in the subdistrict were ethnically cleansed during theNakba, both by Zionist forces prior to the Israeli declaration of independence and after by Israeli forces. Following the war the area that had made up Ramla Subdistrict became a part ofIsrael'sCentral District, being mostly subdivided between a newly createdRamla Subdistrict andRehovot Subdistrict.
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