Mandatory Palestine 1945 subdistricts and districts

The Jaffa Subdistrict 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

Jaffa Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo ( he, יָפוֹ, ) and in Arabic Yafa ( ar, يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is known for its association with the b ...

. After the

1948 Arab-Israeli War Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

, the district was converted almost in entirely to the

Tel Aviv District The Tel Aviv District ( he, מָחוֹז תֵּל אָבִיב; ar, منطقة تل أبيب) is the smallest and most densely populated of the six administrative districts of Israel with a population of 1.35 million residents. It is 98.9% Jewi ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

Depopulated towns and villages

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

al-'Abbasiyya Al-'Abbasiyya ( ar, العبْاسِيّة), also known as al-Yahudiya ( ar, اليهودية), was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was attacked under Operation Hametz during the 1948 Palestine War, and finally depopula ...

* Abu Kishk *

Bayt Dajan Bayt Dajan ( ar, بيت دجن, Bayt Dajan; he, בית דג'אן), also known as Dajūn, was a Palestinian Arab village situated approximately southeast of Jaffa. It is thought to have been the site of the biblical town of Beth Dagon, mentione ...

Biyar 'Adas Biyar 'Adas ( ar, بِيار عدس) was a Palestinian Arab village located 19 km northeast of the city of Tel Aviv. In 1945 the village had a population of 300 and a total land area of 5,492 dunums. History Ottoman Empire In 1856 the villa ...

* Fajja * al-Haram * Ijlil al-Qibliyya * Ijlil al-Shamaliyya *

al-Jammasin al-Gharbi Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi was a Palestinian people, Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 17, 1948. It was located 6 ...

al-Jammasin al-Sharqi Al-Jammasin al-Sharqi was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War on March 17, 1948. It was located 9 km northeast of Jaffa. History Al-Jammasin's inhabitants were known to be d ...

Jarisha Jarisha ( ar, جرِيشة, also transliteration, transliterated Jerisha; he, ג'רישה) was a Palestinian people, Palestinian Arab village located from the ancient site of Tell (archaeology), Tell Jarisha (Tel Gerisa), on the south bank of Al- ...

Kafr 'Ana Kafr 'Ana' ( ar, كفرئنا, also: Kafr Ana) was a Palestinian town located east of Jaffa, built on the ancient site of Ono. In 1945, the town had an estimated population of 2,800 Arabs and 220 Jews. Captured by the pre-state Jewish forces of ...

al-Khayriyya Al-Khayriyya ( ar, الخيْريّة) was a Palestinian Arab village located 7.5 kilometers east of Jaffa. It became depopulated in April 1948 as a result of a military assault by the Alexandroni Brigade of the pre-state Israeli forces during the ...

al-Mas'udiyya Al-Mas'udiyya (also known as ''Summayl''), was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on December 25, 1947. It was located 5 km northeast of Jaffa, sit ...

al-Mirr Al-Mirr, also named Mahmudiyeh ("the property of Mahmud"), was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict, which was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on February 1, 1948. Location The village was loca ...

al-Muwaylih Al-Muwaylih ( ar, المويْلح, ''El Muweilih'') was a Palestinian village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War. History British Mandate era In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British ...

Rantiya Rantiya ( ar, رنتيّة, known to the Romans as Rantia and to the Crusaders as Rentie) was a Palestinian village, located 16 kilometers east of Jaffa. During the British Mandate in Palestine, in 1945 it had a population of 590 inhabitants. T ...

al-Safiriyya Al-Safiriyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during Operation Hametz in the 1948 Palestine War on May 20, 1948. It was located 11 km east of Jaffa, 1.5 km west of Ben Gurion Airport. Star ...

* Salama *

Saqiya Saqiya ( ar, ساقِية, the Arabic name of a mechanical water lifting device) was a village in Palestine ( Jaffa district) away from Jaffa, depopulated in 1948. Location The village was located east of Jaffa, above sea level, on uneven l ...

al-Sawalima Al-Sawalima was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 30, 1948. It was located 11 km northeast of Jaffa, situated 2 km north of the al-'Awja Ri ...

al-Shaykh Muwannis Al-Shaykh Muwannis ( ar, الشيخ مونّس), also Sheikh Munis, was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located approximately 8.5 kilometers from the center of Jaffa city in territory earmarked ...

Yazur Yazur ( ar, يازور, he, יאזור) was a Palestinian Arab town located east of Jaffa. Mentioned in 7th century BCE Assyrian texts, the village was a site of contestation between Muslims and Crusaders in the 12th-13th centuries. During the ...

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