Mandatory Palestine 1945 subdistricts and districts

The Beisan Subdistrict ( ar, قضاء بيسان, he, נפת ביסאן) was one of the

subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine The Districts and Sub-districts of Mandatory Palestine formed the first and second levels of administrative division and existed through the whole era of Mandatory Palestine, namely from 1920 to 1948. The number and territorial extent of the dist ...

. It was located around the city of

Baysan Beit She'an ( he, בֵּית שְׁאָן '), also Beth-shean, formerly Beisan ( ar, بيسان ), is a town in the Northern District of Israel. The town lies at the Beit She'an Valley about 120 m (394 feet) below sea level. Beit She'an is be ...

. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the subdistrict disintegrated; most of it became part of Israel, and has been merged with the neighboring Nazareth Subdistrict to from the modern-day Jezre'el County. The southernmost parts, however, fell within the modern-day West Bank - because of that, they were first occupied and unilaterally annexed by

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

, and were later occupied by Israel following the

Six-day War The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 Ju ...

Depopulated towns and villages

1945 Palestine Mandate Village Statistics population page for Sub-District of Beisan

Arab al-'Arida Arab al-'Arida ( ar, عرب العريضه), is a depopulated former Palestinian Arab village and south of the city of Beit She'an. History It stood on the Tell al-Ru'yan and Tell al-Qurud sites. British Mandate era In the 1931 census it had a ...

* Arab al-Bawati * Arab al-Safa *

al-Ashrafiyya Al-Ashrafiyya ( ar, الأشرفية), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 4.5 km southwest of Baysan. The village was depopul ...

* Al-Bira * Beisan * Danna *

Farwana Farwana ( ar, فرونه), was a Palestinian village, located south of Bisan, depopulated in 1948. History and archaeology Identification and periods of settlement The tell, or archaeological mound, of Tell es-Sarem (Arabic name) or Tel Reh ...

* al-Fatur * al-Ghazzawiyya *

al-Hamidiyya Al-Hamidiyya ( ar, الحميديه), was a Palestinian village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Jewish militias, precursors of the Israel Defense Forces, during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1 ...

* Al-Hamra *

Jabbul Jabbul ( ar, جبول), is a depopulated former Palestinian Arab village located 7 km north of Baysan. During Operation Gideon, the village was occupied by the Golani Brigade. Location Jabbul stood on a hill on the edge of the Baysan ...

* Kafra *

Kawkab al-Hawa Kawkab al-Hawa ( ar, كوكب الهوا), is a depopulated former Palestinian village located 11 km north of Baysan. It was built within the ruins of the Crusader fortress of Belvoir, from which it expanded. The Crusader names for the F ...

al-Khunayzir Al-Khunayzir ( ar, الخنيزر), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 20, 1948. History In 1881, a nearby tell was named as Tell el Khaneizîr, meaning ''the mou ...

Masil al-Jizl Masil al-Jizl was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the Arab-Israeli War. It was attacked and depopulated on May 31, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon. History There were ...

al-Murassas Al-Murassas ( ar, المرصص), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 War on May 16, 1948. The village was attacked as part of Operation Gideon. History In 1596 ...

Qumya Qumya ( ar, قوميه), was a Palestinian village of 510 inhabitants when it was depopulated prior to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Located 12.5 kilometers north of Baysan, the village was assaulted by the forces of the Golani Brigade on 26 March ...

al-Sakhina Al-Sakhina ( ar, الساخنة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was located five kilometres west of Baysan on the Jalud River on its way to the Jordan River. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during ...

al-Samiriyya Al-Samiriyya ( ar, السامرية), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 27, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon. It was located 7 ...

Sirin Sirin is a mythological creature of Russian legends, with the head of a beautiful woman and the body of a bird (usually an owl), borrowed from the siren of the Greek mythology. According to myth, the Sirin lived in Iriy or around the Euphrates R ...

Tall al-Shawk Tall al-Shawk ( ar, تل الشوك), was a Palestinian village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon. It ...

* Khirbat Al-Taqa * al-Tira *

Umm 'Ajra Umm 'Ajra ( ar, أم عجرة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 31, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon. It was located 4 km ...

Khirbat Umm Sabuna Umm Sabuna ( ar, خربة أم صابونة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 21, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon. It was located ...

Yubla Yubla ( ar, يبلى, known to the Crusaders as Hubeleth), was a Palestinian village, located 9 kilometers north of Bisan in present-day Israel. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Location The village was located 9 km nort ...

* Zab'a *

Khirbat Zawiya Al-Zawiya ( ar, الزاوية), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15–18, 1948 under Operation Gideon. It was located 11.5 km ...

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