Gaza Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine

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Gaza Subdistrict
قضاء غزة
נפת עזה
Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine
1920–1948
Mandatory Palestine 1945 subdistricts and districts.png
Capital Gaza
History 
• Established
1920
• Disestablished
1948
Preceded by
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (Thicker Crescent).svg Jerusalem Sanjak
Today part of Flag of Israel.svg Southern District
Flag of Palestine.svg Gaza Strip

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

Localities

Official population statistics for the sub-district, from Village Statistics, 1945. 1945 Palestine Mandate Village Statistics population page for Sub-District of Gaza.jpg
Official population statistics for the sub-district, from Village Statistics, 1945.

All of the localities captured by Israel were depopulated prior, during or after the 1948 War. al-Majdal was not destroyed.

Existing localities
Former localities

See also

References


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