Tulkarm Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine

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Subdistricts grouped by districts in 1945. Samaria District with Tulkarm Subdistrict in purple. Mandatory Palestine 1945 subdistricts and districts.png
Subdistricts grouped by districts in 1945. Samaria District with Tulkarm Subdistrict in purple.

The Tulkarm Subdistrict was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located around the city of Tulkarm. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the subdistrict disintegrated, the western part became part of the Central District of Israel and the eastern part, became a part of the Jordanian annexation of the West Bank from 1948 to 1967). Most of the eastern part is today the Tulkarm Governorate, part of the State of Palestine.

Depopulated towns and villages

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

(current localities in parentheses)


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