Gaza Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine
Gaza Subdistrict قضاء غزة נפת עזה | |||||||||
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Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine | |||||||||
1920–1948 | |||||||||
Capital | Gaza | ||||||||
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• Established | 1920 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1948 | ||||||||
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The Gaza Subdistrict (Arabic: قضاء غزة, Hebrew: נפת עזה) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was situated in the southern Mediterranean coastline of the British Mandate of Palestine. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the district disintegrated, with Israel controlling the northern and eastern portions while Egypt held control of the southern and central parts – which became the Gaza Strip, 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 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)
- Egypt (Southwest)
Localities[]
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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
- Jabalia
- Juhor ad-Dik
- Khan Yunis
- Khuza'a
- al-Mawasi
- Nuseirat
- al-Qarara
- Qizan an-Najjar
- Rafah
- Shokat as-Sufi
- 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
- Huj
- Hulayqat
- Ibdis
- Iraq al-Manshiyya
- 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
See also[]
External links[]
- Gaza District Towns Palestine Remembered.
- Small Area Populations Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
- States and territories established in 1920
- States and territories disestablished in 1948
- District of Gaza
- Subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine
- History of the Gaza Strip
- Geography of the Gaza Strip
- Mandatory Palestine stubs