Beersheba Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine
The Beersheba Subdistrict (Arabic: قضاء بئر السبع, Hebrew: נפת באר שבע) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located in modern-day southern Israel. The city of Beersheba was the capital. After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the subdistrict largely transformed into the Beersheba Subdistrict of Israel.
| Beersheba Subdistrict قضاء بئر السبع נפת באר שבע | |||||||||||
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| Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine | |||||||||||
| 1920–1948 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Beersheba | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1945 | 12,577 km2 (4,856 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1922 | 75254[1] | ||||||||||
• 1931 | 51082[1] | ||||||||||
• 1945 | 90507 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1920 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1948 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Israel (Southern District)  Gaza Strip | ||||||||||
The vast majority of the population, approximately 90%, consisted of nomadic Palestinian Bedouins.
Depopulated towns and villages
Official population statistics for the sub-district, from Village Statistics, 1945.
(current localities in parentheses)
- Auja al-Hafir (Nessana)
- Beersheba
- al-Imara (Ofakim, Urim)
- al-Jammama (Ruhama)
- al-Khalasa
- Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat)
- Khirbat Futais (Al-Qadirat clan of Al-Tiyaha tribe) (Ofakim)
References
- "سكان قضاء بئر السبع - بلادنا فلسطين، صفحة 330". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
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