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| Safad Subdistrict قضاء صفد נפת צפת | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subdistrict ofMandatory Palestine | |||||||||
| 1920–1948 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Safad | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1945 | 696 km2 (269 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1931 | 39,713 | ||||||||
• 1945 | 53,620 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1920 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1948 | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Today part of | Israel | ||||||||
TheSafad Subdistrict (Arabic:قضاء صفد;Hebrew:נפת צפת) was one of thesubdistricts of Mandatory Palestine before it was captured byIsrael in 1948. It was located around the city ofSafad. After the1948 Arab-Israeli War, the subdistrict, which fell entirely within modern-day Israel, became the modern-daySafed Subdistrict in theNorthern District (Israel).
| Village | Muslims | Jews | Christians | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abil el Qamh | 230 | 100 | 330 | ||
| 'Abisiyya (El) | 830 | 830 | |||
| Kefar Szold | 290 | 290 | |||
| ‘Azaziyat, ‘Ein Fit and Khirbat es Summan | 390 | 390 | |||
| Aiyelet hash Shahar | 540 | 540 | |||
| Yarda | 20 | 20 | |||
| 'Akbara | 390 | 390 | |||
| 'Alma | 950 | 950 | |||
| 'Ammiqa | 140 | 140 | |||
| 'Arab esh Shamlina (Khirbat Abu Zeina, includes El Buteiha) | 650 | 650 | |||
| Beisamun | 20 | 20 | |||
| Biriya | 240 | 240 | |||
| Buweiziya (El, includes Meis) | 510 | 510 | |||
| Dafna | 380 | 380 | |||
| Dallata | 360 | 360 | |||
| Dan (previously Khan ed Duweir) | 260 | 260 | |||
| Darbashiya (Ed) | 310 | 310 | |||
| Dawwara | 700 | 700 | |||
| 'Amir | 240 | 240 | |||
| Kefar Nehemya | 160 | 160 | |||
| Deishum | 590 | 590 | |||
| Dhahiriya el Fauqa (Edh Dhahiriya et Tahta) | 350 | 350 | |||
| 'Ein ez Zeitun | 820 | 820 | |||
| 'Ein Zeitim | |||||
| Fara | 320 | 320 | |||
| Farradiya | 670 | 670 | |||
| Fir‘im | 740 | 740 | |||
| Ghabbatiya | 60 | 60 | |||
| Ghuraba | 220 | 220 | |||
| Harrawi | |||||
| Hatsor | |||||
| Hula Concession Area | 190 | 190 | |||
| Hunin (includes Hula and ‘Udeisa) | 1,620 | 1,620 | |||
| Hurfeish | 20 | 30 | 780 | 830 | |
| Jahula | 420 | 420 | |||
| Ja‘una | 1,150 | 1,150 | |||
| Jish | 740 | 350 | 1,090 | ||
| Jubb Yusuf | 170 | 170 | |||
| Kafr Bir‘im | 10 | 700 | 710 | ||
| Khalisa (El) | 1,820 | 20 | 1,840 | ||
| Kefar Gil‘adi (Tel Hai) | 650 | 650 | |||
| Khirbat el Hiqab | |||||
| Khisas | 470 | 60 | 530 | ||
| Khiyam el Walid | 280 | 280 | |||
| Kirad el Baqqara | 360 | 360 | |||
| Kirad el Ghannama | 350 | 350 | |||
| Lazzaza | 230 | 230 | |||
| Beit Hillel | 100 | 100 | |||
| Mahanaim | 110 | 110 | |||
| Mallaha and 'Arab Zubeid | 890 | 890 | |||
| Malikiyya (El, includes ‘Eitarun) | 360 | 360 | |||
| Manara | 70 | 70 | |||
| Mansura (El) | 360 | 360 | |||
| Mansurat el Kheit | 200 | 200 | |||
| Marus | 80 | 80 | |||
| Mazari‘ ed Daraja and Dadara (includes Dureijat, ‘Ein et Tina, Jalabina and Weiziya (‘Almin)) | 100 | 100 | |||
| Meirun | 290 | 290 | |||
| Metulla (includes Deir Mamas Hura and Kafr Kila) | 220 | 220 | |||
| Mishmar hay Yarden | 130 | 130 | |||
| Muftakhira (El, includes El Barjiyat) | 350 | 350 | |||
| Mughr el Kheit | 490 | 490 | |||
| Nabi Yusha‘ (En) | 70 | 70 | |||
| Na‘ima (En) | 1,030 | 210 | 1,240 | ||
| Qabba‘a and Jazayir el Hindaj (includes Mughr ed Duruz) | 460 | 460 | |||
| Qadas (includes Buleida) | 390 | 390 | |||
| Qaddita | 240 | 240 | |||
| Qeitiya | 940 | 940 | |||
| Qudeiriya (El) | 390 | 390 | |||
| Ras el Ahmar (Er) | 620 | 620 | |||
| Rihaniya | 290 | 290 | |||
| Rosh Pinna | 340 | 340 | |||
| Sabalan | 70 | 70 | |||
| Safad (Urban) | 9,100 | 2,400 | 430 | 11,930 | |
| Safad (Rural) | |||||
| Safsaf | 910 | 910 | |||
| Saliha (includes Marun er Ras and Yarun) | 1,070 | 1,070 | |||
| Salihiya (Es) | 1,520 | 1,520 | |||
| Sammu‘i (Es) | 310 | 310 | |||
| Sanbariya (Es) | 130 | 130 | |||
| Sa‘sa‘ | 1,130 | 1,130 | |||
| Shauqa et Tahta (includes Mughr esh Sha‘ban) | 200 | 200 | |||
| She-ar Yashuv | 100 | 100 | |||
| Shuna (Esh) | 170 | 170 | |||
| Teitaba | 530 | 530 | |||
| Tuba (‘Arab el Heib) | 590 | 590 | |||
| Tuleil and El Huseiniya | 340 | 340 | |||
| 'Ulmaniya (El) | 260 | 260 | |||
| Weiziya | |||||
| Yarda | |||||
| Yesud ham Ma‘ala (includes El Kharrar) | 10 | 250 | 260 | ||
| Zanghariya (Zuhluq) | 840 | 840 | |||
| Zawiya (Ez) | 760 | 760 | |||
| Zuq el Fauqani (Ez) | |||||
| Zuq et Tahtani (Ez) | 1,050 | 1,050 | |||
| Nomads | 820 | 820 | |||
| TOTAL | 44,510 | 6,700 | 1,630 | 780 | 53,620 |
(current localities in parentheses)
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