The Gaza Subdistrict (; ) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was situated in the southern

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ...

coastline of the British Mandate of Palestine. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the district disintegrated, with

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

controlling the northern and eastern portions while

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

held control of the southern and central parts – which became the

Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is a small territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories, the other being the West Bank, that make up the State of Palestine. I ...

, under Egyptian military between 1948 and 1967, Israeli military rule between 1967 and 2005, part of the Palestinian National Authority (with some aspects of retained Israeli rule until the 2005 withdrawal) after the Oslo Accords until 2007, and is currently ruled by the

Hamas The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (the Arabic acronym from ), is a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islam, Sunni Islamism, Islamist political organisation with a military wing, the Qassam Brigades. It has Gaza Strip under Hama ...

as a de facto separate entity from the Palestinian National Authority. The parts which Israel held since 1948 were merged into Israeli administrative districts, their connection with Gaza severed.

Borders

* Beersheba Subdistrict (Southeast) * Ramle Subdistrict (Northeast) * Hebron Subdistrict (East) *

(Southwest)

Localities

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

All of the localities captured by Israel were depopulated prior, during or after the 1948 War. al-Majdal was not destroyed. ;Existing localities * Abasan al-Kabera * Abasan al-Saghira * Bani Suheila * al-Bayuk * Beit Hanun * Beit Lahia * Deir al-Balah * al-Fukhari *

Gaza City Gaza City, also called Gaza, is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, and the capital of the Gaza Governorate. Located on the Mediterranean coast, southwest of Jerusalem, it was home to Port of Gaza, Palestine's only port. With a population of ...

* Jabalia * Juhor ad-Dik *

Khan Yunis Khan Yunis (), also spelled Khan Younis or Khan Yunus, is a city in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, and serves as the capital of the Khan Yunis Governorate. It has been largely destroyed during the Gaza war. Before the 14th century, Khan Y ...

* Khuza'a * al-Mawasi * Nuseirat * Qa' al-Qurein * al-Qarara * Qizan an-Najjar *

Rafah Rafah ( ) is a city in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, and the capital of the Rafah Governorate. It is located south-west of Gaza City. In 2017, Rafah had a population of 171,889. Due to the Gaza war, about 1.4 million people from Gaza C ...

* Shokat as-Sufi * Umm Kameil ;Former localities * Arab Suqrir * Barbara * Barqa * al-Batani al-Gharbi * al-Batani al-Sharqi * Bayt Daras * Bayt 'Affa * Bayt Jirja * Bayt Tima * Bil'in * Burayr * Dayr Sunayd * Dimra * al-Faluja * Hamama * Hatta *

Hiribya Hirbiya () was a Palestinian people, Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Gaza Subdistrict, located northeast of Gaza City, Gaza along the southern coastal plain of Palestine (region), Palestine. Situated where ...

* Huj * Hulayqat * Ibdis *

Iraq al-Manshiyya Iraq al-Manshiyya () was a Palestinian people, Palestinian Arab village located 32 km northeast of Gaza City. The village contained two mosques and a Mazar (mausoleum), shrine for Shaykh Ahmad al-Arayni. It was depopulated after the 1948 Arab ...

* Iraq Suwaydan * Isdud * al-Jaladiyya * al-Jiyya * Julis * al-Jura * Jusayr * Karatiyya * Kawfakha * Kawkaba * al-Khisas * al-Masmiyya al-Kabira * al-Masmiyya al-Saghira * al-Muharraqa * Najd * Ni'ilya * Qastina * al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya * al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya * al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya * Simsim * Summil * Tall al-Turmus * Yasur

References

External links

Gaza District Towns
Palestine Remembered.
Small Area Populations
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. * Subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine 20th century in the Gaza Strip Geography of the Gaza Strip {{Mandate-Palestine-stub

Borders

Localities

See also

References

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