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 dis ...

. It was located around the city of

Jaffa Jaffa (, ; , ), also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine Sea, Levantine port city which is part of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, located in its southern part. The city sits atop a naturally elevated outcrop on ...

. After the

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, the district was converted almost in entirely to the

Tel Aviv District The Tel Aviv District (; ) is the geographically smallest yet also the most densely populated of the six administrative districts of Israel, with a population of 1.35 million residents. It is 98.9% Jewish and 1.10% Arab (0.7% Muslim, 0.4% Chris ...

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Depopulated towns and villages

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

* al-'Abbasiyya * Abu Kishk * Bayt Dajan * Biyar 'Adas *

Fajja Fajja () was a Palestinian town located 15 kilometers northeast of Jaffa. Ethnically cleansed during the Nakba, its land area is today part of the Israeli city of Petah Tikva. History Pottery remains from the Chalcolithic, Middle Bronze II, Iro ...

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

al-Jammasin al-Gharbi Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 17, 1948. It was located 6.5 km northeast of Jaffa. Etymology The name ref ...

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. Etymology The name refers to the Jammasin tribe, ...

Jarisha Jarisha (, also transliterated Jerisha; ) was a Palestinian Arab village located from the ancient site of Tell Jarisha (Tel Gerisa), on the south bank of Al-Awja (Yarkon River).Ben-Tor and Greenberg, 1992, p. 246.Khalidi and Elmusa, 1992, p. 246 ...

Kafr 'Ana Kafr 'Ana (, also: Kofr 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. The village was captured by the Haganah in April during th ...

* al-Khayriyya *

al-Mas'udiyya Al-Mas'udiyya (also known as ''Summayl''), was a Palestinian people, Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on Decem ...

* al-Mirr * al-Muwaylih * Rantiya * al-Safiriyya * Salama * Saqiya * al-Sawalima *

al-Shaykh Muwannis Al-Shaykh Muwannis (), also Sheikh Munis, was a small Palestinian people, Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Jaffa Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located approximately 8.5 kilometers from the center of J ...

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