Beisan Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine


The Beisan Subdistrict was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located around the city of Baysan. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the subdistrict disintegrated; most of it became part of Israel, and has been merged with the neighboring Nazareth Subdistrict to from the modern-day Jezre'el County. The southernmost parts, however, fell within the modern-day West Bank – because of that, they were first occupied and unilaterally annexed by Jordan, and were later occupied by Israel following the Six-Day War.

Towns and villages

VillageMuslimsJewsChristiansOthersTotal
'Arida 150150
Sede Eliyahu180180
Ashrafiya 230230
Avuqa160160
Bashatiwa 1,5601,560
Bawati 520520
Beisan 4,730430205,180
Sede Nahum 290290
Messilot250250
Beit Alfa430430
Beit Hash Shitta 590590
Bira 260260
Danna190190
Ein Harod1,0601,060
Farwana330330
Fatur 110110
Gesher130130
Geva‘380380
Ghazawiya 1,0201,020
Ma‘oz Hayim450450
Neve Eitan170170
Hamidiya 220220
Hermonim100100
Hamra 730730
Heftsi Bah330330
Jabbul250250
Beit Yosef170170
Jisr el Majami‘1023010250
Kafra430430
Kafr Misr330330
Kaukab el Hawa300300
Kefar Yehezqel430430
Khuneizir 260260
Masil el Jizl100100
Kefar Ruppin 180180
Murassas 45010460
Qumiya440440
Safa 650650
Sakhina 530530
Nir David 290290
Samiriya 24010250
Sirin620190810
Taiyiba 280280
Benei Berit150150
Tell esh Shauk120120
Tel Yosef690690
Tira 150150
Irgun Borokhov5050
Tirat Tsevi 290290
Umm ‘Ajra260260
Wadi el Bira7070
Yubla210210
Zab‘a170170
TOTAL15,9207,0006502023,590

Depopulated towns and villages