Safed district נפת צפת قضاء صفد | |
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Subdistrict | |
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| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Area | |
| • Total | 670 km2 (260 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) [1] | |
| • Total | 115,500 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Jews and others | 89.4% |
| • Arabs | 10.6% |
The Safed subdistrict is one of Israel's sub-districts in Northern District. [2] The subdistrict is composed of mostly the historical Mandatory Safed Subdistrict.
There are six main administrative districts of Israel, known in Hebrew as mekhozot and in Arabic as mintaqah. There are also fifteen subdistricts of Israel, known in Hebrew nafot and in Arabic as qadaa. Each subdistrict is further divided into natural regions, which in turn are further divided into council-level divisions: whether they might be cities, municipalities, or regional councils.
Quneitra Governorate is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in southern Syria, notable for the location of the Golan Heights. The governorate borders the countries of Lebanon, Jordan and Israel, and the Syrian governorates of Daraa and Rif Dimashq. Its area varies, according to different sources, from 685 km2 to 1,861 km2. The governorate had a population of 87,000 at the 2010 estimate. The nominal capital is the now abandoned city of Quneitra, destroyed by Israel before their withdrawal in June 1974 in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War; since 1986, the de facto capital is Ba'ath City.
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Khirbat al-Sawamir was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 22, 1948. It was located 22 kilometres south of Haifa.
Qabba'a was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Safad. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 26, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 6 km northeast of Safad.
Al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. The village was on a descent at the southwestern part of Safad, a town 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) east of the village. Possibly named after the Mamluk sultan al-Zahir Baybars, the village was incorporated into the Safad Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and its entirely Muslim population paid fixed taxes, as well as taxes on winter pastures, an olive oil or grape syrup press and beehives during the 16th century. By the late 19th century, the population grew to 335 inhabitants, all Muslims. The population remained about the same in the last years of British Mandatory rule. The village lands spanned 6,773 dunums, nearly half of which were used to grow grains, the residents living on 28 dunums. Al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War when its inhabitants fled shortly after the capture of Safed by Jewish paramilitary forces.
Al-'Ulmaniyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 20, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 14.5 km northeast of Safad.
The Ramle Subdistrict was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was part of Lydda District of the British Mandate of Palestine. The sub-district's main city was Ramle. Its total population in 1944 was estimated at 123,490, of which 88,560 were Muslims; 29,420 were Jews; and 5,500 were Christians. A number of Palestinian Arab villages in the subdistrict were depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War, both by Jewish forces prior to the Israeli declaration of independence and after by Israeli forces. Following the war the area that had made up Ramla Subdistrict became a part of Israel's Central District, being mostly subdivided between a newly created Ramla Subdistrict and Rehovot Subdistrict.
The Kinneret Subdistrict is one of the subdistricts of Israel's Northern District. The subdistrict is the successor of the historical Mandatory Tiberias Subdistrict, and thus is also known as Tiberas Subdistrict. The largest city and the centre of the subdistrict is the city of Tiberias on the western coast of the Sea of Galilee.
The Jezreel subdistrict is one of Israel's sub-districts in Northern District. The subdistrict consists of the merger of the two Mandatory Palestine subdistricts of Beisan and Nazareth.
The Acre Subdistrict, alternatively spelt as Akka Subdistrict or Akko Subdistrict is one of Israel's sub-districts in Northern District. The subdistrict is composed of mostly of the historical Mandatory Acre Subdistrict.
The Haifa subdistrict is one of Israel's sub-districts in Haifa District. The subdistrict is composed of mostly of the Northern half of the historical Mandatory Haifa Subdistrict.
The Hadera subdistrict is one of Israel's subdistricts in Haifa District. The district is composed of mostly of the Southern half of Mandatory Haifa Subdistrict.
The Golan Subdistrict is an area administered by Israel as a subdistrict of Northern District. The subdistrict encompasses the Israeli-occupied territories of Golan Heights, occupied from Syria during the Six-day war and annexed to Israel under the Golan Heights Law. Thus, this region is internationally recognized to encompass Quneitra Governorate, which itself is composed of 2 districts and 5 subdistricts.
The HaSharon Subdistrict is one of Israel's subdistricts in Central District. The subdistrict is composed of most of Mandatory Tulkarm Subdistrict that was occupied by the newly established state of Israel in 1949. The rest of Mandatory Tulkarm Subdistrict to the East of the Green Line constitutes modern Tulkarm Governorate.
The Petah Tikva Subdistrict is one of Israel's subdistricts in Central District. The subdistrict was created from an amalgamation of parts of Mandatory Palestine's Jaffa Subdistrict, Ramle Subdistrict, and Tulkarm Subdistrict
The Rehovot subdistrict is one of Israel's subdistricts in Central District. The district is composed of mostly of the Western half of Mandatory Ramle Subdistrict.
The Ramla subdistrict is one of Israel's subdistricts in Central District. The district is composed of mostly of the Eastern half of Mandatory Ramle Subdistrict.
The Ashkelon Subdistrict is the northern of the two sub-districts in Israel's Southern District. Its population is more than half a million. It is an important region for manufacturing including electricity production and water desalination, agriculture, transportation, tourism, and trade.
The Beersheba Subdistrict is the southernmost subdistrict of Israel and one of two subdistricts in its Southern District. The capital of the subdistrict is, as the name implies, Beersheba. Rahat is the second-largest city and Eilat comes third. Other cities in the subdistrict are Arad, Dimona, Netivot, and Ofakim. Hura and Kseifa have not received city status yet are of similar size. The subdistrict includes an international airport, near Eilat, and a seaport in Eilat.
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