The Safad 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 ...

before it was captured by

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in 1948. It was located around the city of

Safad Safed (), also known as Tzfat (), is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of up to , Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and in Israel. Safed has been identified with (), a fortified town in the Upper Gal ...

. After the

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

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Borders

* Acre Subdistrict (South West) * Tiberias Subdistrict (South) *

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(North) *

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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 Abil al-Qamh () was a Palestinian people, Palestinian village located near the Lebanese border north of Safad. It was depopulated in 1948. It was located at the site of the Hebrew Bible, biblical city of Abel-beth-maachah. Name According to hist ...

( Yuval) * al-'Abisiyya * 'Akbara *

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(

) * Ammuqa ('Ammuqa) * Arab al-Shamalina ( Almaghor) * Arab al-Zubayd * Baysamun *

Biriyya Biriyya () 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 2, 1948, by The Palmach's First Bat ...

( Birya) * al-Butayha ( Almagor) * al-Buwayziyya *

Dallata Dallata () was an 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 British censuses of the 20th ce ...

( Dalton) * al-Dawwara ( 'Ammir, Sde Nehemia) *

Dayshum Dayshum (), also known by its variant name Dayshun was a Palestinian people, Palestinian village, depopulated on 30 October 1948 by the Sheva Brigade of Israeli paramilitary force Palmach in an offensive called Operation Hiram, where the village h ...

(

Dishon Dishon () is a moshav in northern Israel. It is located near the border with Lebanon, within the Naftali Mountains, near the Dishon Stream. It falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. As of it had a population of . Hi ...

) * al-Dirbashiyya * al-Dirdara * Ein al-Zeitun * Fara * Farradiyya ( Parod, Shefer) * Fir'im ( Hatzor HaGlilit) * Ghabbatiyya * Ghuraba * al-Hamra' * Harrawi *

Hunin Hunin () was a Palestinian people, Palestinian Arab village in the Galilee Panhandle part of Mandatory Palestine, close to the Lebanon, Lebanese border. It was the second largest village in the district of Safed, but was depopulated in 1948.Gelb ...

( Margaliot) * al-Husayniyya ( Haluta, Sde Eliezer) * Jahula * al-Ja'una ( Rosh Pinna) * Jubb Yusuf ( Ami'ad) * Kafr Bir'im ( Bar'am, Dovev) * al-Khalisa ( Kiryat Shemona) * Khan al-Duwayr ( Amnun) * Khirbat Karraza * al-Khisas ( HaGoshrim) * Khiyam al-Walid (

Lehavot HaBashan Lehavot HaBashan () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Hula Valley around ten kilometres southeast of Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village ...

) * Kirad al-Baqqara ( Gadot, Mishmar HaYarden) * Kirad al-Ghannama (

Ayelet HaShahar Ayelet HaShahar () is a kibbutz in northern Israel acquired in 1892 and settled in the second Aliyah, located on the Korazim Plateau, by the Rosh Pina – Metulla road, it is approximately south of the city of Kiryat Shmona and falls under the jur ...

, Gadot) * Lazzaza * Madahil *

Al-Malkiyya Al-Malkiyya (), also known as Al-Malikiyah, 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 ...

(

Malkia Malkia () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near the Blue Line (Lebanon), Lebanese border and Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was establish ...

) * Mallaha * al-Manshiyya * al-Mansura ( She'ar Yashuv) * Mansurat al-Khayt * Marus * Meiron (

Meron, Israel Meron (, ''Meron'') is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on the slopes of Mount Meron in the Upper Galilee near Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. Meron is most famous for the Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yo ...

) * al-Muftakhira ( Shamir) * Mughr al-Khayt ( Hatzor HaGlilit, Rosh Pinna) * Khirbat al-Muntar *

al-Nabi Yusha' Al-Nabi Yusha' () 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 control from 1923 unti ...

( Ramot Naftali) * al-Na'ima (

Beit Hillel Beit Hillel () is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on the west bank of the Hasbani River, about 5 kilometres from Kiryat Shmona, its 3,500 dunams fall under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. As of , it had a population ...

, Kfar Blum, Neot Mordechai) * Qabba'a *

Qadas Kedesh (alternate spellings: Qedesh, Cadesh, Cydessa) was an ancient Canaanite and later Israelite settlement in Upper Galilee, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. Its remains are located in Tel Kedesh, northeast of the modern Kibbut ...

(

, Ramot Naftali, Yiftah) * Qaddita * Qaytiyya * al-Qudayriyya * al-Ras al-Ahmar ( Kerem Ben Zimra) *

Sabalan Sabalan ( Persian: سبلان) or Savalan ( native: ساوالان ) is an inactive stratovolcano in northwestern Iran located in Ardabil province. At above sea level, it is the third-highest mountain in Iran. A permanent crater lake has fo ...

* Safsaf ( Bar Yohai, Kfar Hoshen) *

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

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

(

Safed Safed (), also known as Tzfat (), is a city in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of up to , Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and in Israel. Safed has been identified with (), a fortif ...

) * al-Shawka al-Tahta * al-Shuna * Taytaba * Tulayl * al-'Ulmaniyya * al-'Urayfiyya * al-Wayziyya * Yarda (

, Mishmar HaYarden) * al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta * al-Zanghariyya ( Elifelet, 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