The Safad Subdistrict ( ar, قضاء صفد, he, נפת צפת) 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 ...

before it was captured by

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 ...

in 1948. It was located around the city of

Safad Safed (known in Hebrew as Tzfat; Sephardic Hebrew & Modern Hebrew: צְפַת ''Tsfat'', Ashkenazi Hebrew: ''Tzfas'', Biblical Hebrew: ''Ṣǝp̄aṯ''; ar, صفد, ''Ṣafad''), is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevat ...

. After the

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, the subdistrict, which fell entirely within modern-day Israel, became the modern-day

Safed Subdistrict The Safed subdistrict is one of Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is ...

in the

Northern District (Israel) The Northern District ( he, מחוז הצפון, ''Mekhoz HaTzafon''; ar, منطقة الشمال, ''Minṭaqat ash-Shamāl'') is one of Israel's six administrative districts. The Northern District has a land area of 4,478 km2, which incre ...

Borders

Acre Subdistrict The Acre Subdistrict, alternatively spelt as Akka Subdistrict or Akko Subdistrict is one of Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂ� ...

(South West) * Tiberias Subdistrict (South) *

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(East)

Depopulated towns and villages

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

(current localities in parentheses) * Abil al-Qamh ( Yuval) * al-'Abisiyya * 'Akbara *

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Ammuqa Ammuqa (also transliterated 'Amuqa and Amuka) was a Palestinian village, located five kilometres northeast of Safed. History Known locally for its seven springs, Ammuqa also enjoyed renown as the site of the sepulchre of Jonathan ben Uzziel. Rab ...

('Ammuqa) *

Arab al-Shamalina Arab al-Shamalina ( ar, عرب الشمالنة) also known as Khirbat Abu Zayna was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 4, 1948, under Operation ...

( Almaghor) *

Arab al-Zubayd Arab al-Zubayd was a Palestinian village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 20, 1948, when the villagers fled on hearing the intentions of The Palmach's First Battalion o ...

Baysamun Baysamun or Beisamoun ( ar, بيسمون, ''Beisamûn'') was a small Palestinian Arab village, located in the marshy Hula Valley northeast of Safad. In 1945, it had a population of 20.Hadawi, 1970p. 69 It was depopulated during the 1948 War on M ...

* Biriyya (

Birya Birya ( he, בִּירִיָּה, also Biriya) is an agricultural village in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee near Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. As of its population was . Biriya exist ...

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al-Butayha Al-Butayha ( ar, البطيحة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 4, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion during Operation Matateh. It ...

( Almaghor) *

al-Buwayziyya Al-Buwayziyya ( ar, البويزية والميس) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 11, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation ...

Dallata Dallata ( ar, دلاّتة) was a Palestinian Arab village, located on a hilltop north of Safad. Constructed upon an ancient site, it was known to the Crusaders as ''Deleha''. Dallata was included in the late 16th century Ottoman census and Brit ...

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Farradiyya Farradiyya ( ar, الفرّاضية, ''al-Farâdhiyyah'') was a Palestinian Arab village of 670 located southwest of Safad,Khalidi, 1992, p.449. A Jewish settlement called 'Farod' was built atop the once ruined village. Farradiyya was situated on ...

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Parod Parod ( he, פָּרוֹד) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee near Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The community was founded in 1949 by Jew ...

, Shefer) * Fir'im ( Chatzor HagGlilit) * Ghabbatiyya * Ghuraba *

al-Hamra' Al-Hamra' ( ar, الحمراء ) was a Palestinian people, Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 1, 1948, by the ...

* Harrawi *

Hunin Hunin ( ar, هونين) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Galilee Panhandle part of Mandatory Palestine close to the Lebanese border. It was the second largest village in the district of Safed, but was depopulated in 1948.Gelber, 2006, p. ...

( Margaliyot) * al-Husayniyya ( Haluta,

Sde Eliezer Sde Eliezer ( he, שְׂדֵה אֱלִיעֶזֶר, lit. ''Eliezer's Field'') is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Hula Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History ...

) * Jahula *

al-Ja'una Al-Ja'una or Ja'ouna (Arabic: الجاعونة), was a Palestinian village situated in Galilee near al-Houleh Plateau, overlooking the Jordan Valley. The village lay on a hillside 450–500 meters above sea level, 5 kilometers east of Safad near ...

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Rosh Pinna Rosh Pina or Rosh Pinna ( he, רֹאשׁ פִּנָּה, lit. ''Cornerstone'') is a local council in the Korazim Plateau in the Upper Galilee on the eastern slopes of Mount Kna'an in the Northern District of Israel. It was established as Gei ...

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Jubb Yusuf Jubb Yusuf ( ar, جُب يوسف), also called 'Arab al-Suyyad, was a Palestinian village depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Situated in rocky terrain northwest of Lake Tiberias, the village was associated with a nearby well, Jubb Yuss ...

( 'Ammi'ad) *

Kafr Bir'im Kafr Bir'im, also Kefr Berem ( ar, كفر برعم, he, כְּפַר בִּרְעָם), was a former village in Mandatory Palestine, located in modern-day northern Israel, south of the Lebanese border and northwest of Safed. The village was s ...

( Bar'am, Dovev) *

al-Khalisa Al-Khalisa was a Palestinian Arab village situated on a low hill on the northwestern edge of the Hula Valley of over 1,800 located north of Safad. It was depopulated in the 1948 Palestine war. History Al-Khalisa was founded by the Bedouin from th ...

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Kiryat Shemona Kiryat Shmona ( he, קִרְיַת שְׁמוֹנָה, ''lit.'' Town of the Eight) is a city in the Northern District of Israel on the western slopes of the Hula Valley near the Lebanese border. The city was named after the eight people, includi ...

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Khan al-Duwayr Khan al-Duwayr ( ar, خان الدوير) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 30, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 35&nbs ...

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Amnun Amnun ( he, אַמְנוּן) is a workers' moshav in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. Located on the Korazim Plateau, it belongs to the Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council and HaOved HaTzioni, a part of Hanoar Hatzioni. It is located in the K ...

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Khirbat Karraza Chorazin ( gr, Χοραζίν ; also Chorazain) or Korazim ( he, כורזים; also Chorizim) was an ancient village in the Roman and Byzantine periods, best known from the Christian Gospels. It stood on the Korazim Plateau in the Upper Galilee on ...

al-Khisas Al-Khisas ( ar, الخصاص), also known as Khisas or Khissas, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict in Mandatory Palestine. It was located northeast of Safed on a natural terrace about wide that formed when Lake al-Hula ...

( HagGoshrim) * Khiyam al-Walid ( Lehavot HabBashan) *

Kirad al-Baqqara Kirad al-Baqqara ( ar, كراد البقارة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 22, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Y ...

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Gadot Gadot ( he, גָּדוֹת, ''lit.'' Banks) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Korazim Plateau, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In , it had a population of . History Kibbutz Gadot (originally '' ...

, Mishmar HayYarden) *

Kirad al-Ghannama Kirad al-Ghannama was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 22, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 11&nbs ...

( Ayelet HashShachar,

) * Lazzaza * Madahil *

Al-Malkiyya Al-Malikiyya ( ar, المالكية) was a Palestinian village located in the Jabal Amil region. In a 1920s census, the village was registered as part of Greater Lebanon. It was later placed under the British Mandate of Palestine. Its population ...

( Malkiya) *

Mallaha Mallaha ( ar, ملاّحة) was a Palestinian Arab village, located northeast of Safed, on the highway between the latter and Tiberias. 'Ain Mallaha is the local Arabic name for a spring that served as the water source for the village inhabitan ...

* al-Manshiyya * al-Mansura ( Shear Yashuv) * Mansurat al-Khayt * Marus *

Meiron Meiron ( ar, ميرون, ''Mayrûn''; he, מירון הקדומה) was a Palestinian village, located west of Safad. Associated with the ancient Canaanite city of ''Merom'', excavations at the site have found extensive remains from the Hellenis ...

( Meyron) * al-Muftakhira ( Shamir) * Mughr al-Khayt ( Chatzor HagGlilit,

) * Khirbat al-Muntar *

al-Nabi Yusha' Al-Nabi Yusha' ( ar, النبي يوشع was a small Palestinian village in the Galilee situated 17 kilometers to the northeast of Safad, with an elevation of 375 meters above sea level. It became part of the Palestine Mandate under British con ...

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Ramot Naftali Ramot Naftali ( he, רָמוֹת נַפְתָּלִי) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In it had a population of . The ...

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al-Na'ima Al-Na'ima ( ar, الناعمة ) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine located northeast of Safad, near the al-Hula Plain. The settlement was depopulated during the 1947-1948 civil war on May 14 ...

( Beyt Hillel,

Kfar Blum Kfar Blum ( he, כְּפַר בְּלוּם, ''lit.'' Blum Village) is a kibbutz in the Hula Valley part of the Upper Galilee in Israel. Located about southeast of the town of Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regio ...

, Neot Mordechai) * Qabba'a *

Qadas Qadas (also Cadasa; ar, قدس) was a Palestinian village located 17 kilometers northeast of Safad that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. One of seven Shia Muslim villages, called ''Metawalis'', that fell within the boundaries of ...

( Malkiya,

Yiftah Yiftah ( he, יִפְתָּח, lit. ''He will open'') is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese border and Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In it had a population of . Histor ...

) *

Qaddita Qaddita ( ar, قدّيتا, transliteration: ''Qaddîtâ'') was a Palestinian Arab village of 240, located northwest of Safad. It was captured and depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, with some of its inhabitants expelled or fleeing to near ...

* Qaytiyya * al-Qudayriyya * al-Ras al-Ahmar (

Kerem Ben Zimra Kerem Ben Zimra ( he, כֶּרֶם בֶּן זִמְרָה) is a moshav in northern Israel. Near Safed in the Upper Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was ...

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Safsaf Safsaf ( ar, صفصاف ''Ṣafṣāf'', "weeping willow") was a Palestinian village 9 kilometres northwest of Safed, present-day Israel. Its villagers fled to Lebanon after the Safsaf massacre in October 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War ...

( Bar Yohay, Kfar Hoshen) *

Saliha Saliha ( ar, صَلْحَة), sometimes transliterated Salha, meaning 'the good/healthy place', was a Palestinian Arab village located 12 kilometres northwest of Safed. The Franco-British boundary agreement of 1920 placed Saliha within the Fr ...

( Avirim, Yir'im) * al-Salihiyya * al-Sammu'i * al-Sanbariyya ( Dafta, Mayan Barukh) *

Sa'sa' Sa'sa' ( ar, سعسع, he, סעסע) was a Palestinian village, located 12 kilometres northwest of Safed that was depopulated by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The village suffered two massacres committed by Haganah forces: ...

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Safed Safed (known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as Tzfat; Sephardi Hebrew, Sephardic Hebrew & Modern Hebrew: צְפַת ''Tsfat'', Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation, Ashkenazi Hebrew: ''Tzfas'', Biblical Hebrew: ''Ṣǝp̄aṯ''; ar, صفد, ''Ṣafad''), i ...

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al-Shawka al-Tahta Al-Shawka al-Tahta was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 14, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 31.5&n ...

* al-Shuna * Taytaba * Tulayl * al-'Ulmaniyya * al-'Urayfiyya * al-Wayziyya * Yarda ( Ayelet HashShachar, Mishmar HayYarden) * al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta *

al-Zanghariyya Al-Zanghariyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 4, 1948, under Operation Matate. It was located 8.5 km southeast of Safad, near Wadi ...

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Elifelet Elifelet ( he, אֱלִיפֶלֶט) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on the Korazim Plateau near Rosh Pina, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In it had a population of . Etymology The name "Elifelet" i ...

, Kare Deshe) * al-Zawiya ( Neot Mordechai) * al-Zuq al-Fawqani ( Yuval) * al-Zuq al-Tahtani ( Beyt Hillel) 1920 establishments in Mandatory Palestine 1948 disestablishments in Mandatory Palestine Subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine {{Mandate-Palestine-stub