Beersheba Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine
Beersheba Subdistrict قضاء بئر السبع | |||||
Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine | |||||
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Capital | Beersheba | ||||
History | |||||
• | Established | 1920 | |||
• | Disestablished | 1948 | |||
Area | |||||
• | 1945 | 12,577 km2 (4,856 sq mi) | |||
Population | |||||
• | 1922 | 75,254[1] | |||
• | 1931 | 51,082[1] | |||
• | 1945 | 90,507 | |||
Density | 7.2 /km2 (18.6 /sq mi) | ||||
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The Beersheba Subdistrict (Arabic: قضاء بئر السبع) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located in modern-day southern Israel. The city of Beersheba was the capital. After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the subdistrict disintegrated.
Depopulated towns and villages
(current localities in parentheses)
- Auja al-Hafir (Nessana)
- Beersheba
- al-Imara (Ofakim, Urim)
- al-Jammama (Ruhama)
- al-Khalasa
- Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat)
References
- 1 2 "سكان قضاء بئر السبع - بلادنا فلسطين، صفحة 330". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
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