Gaza Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine

The Gaza Subdistrict 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 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

Towns and villages

Village	Muslims	Jews	Christians	Others	Total
‘Abasân	2,230				2,230
Abu Midein
‘Arab Sukreir	390				390
Bani Suheila	3,220				3,220
Barbara	2,410				2,410
Barqā	890				890
Batāni Gharbi	980				980
Batāni Sharqi	650				650
Beit Ṭuwwa		690			690
Beit ‘Affa	700				700
Beit Darās	2,750				2,750
Beit Hānūn	1,680	50			1,730
Beit Jirjā	940				940
Beit Lāhiya	1,700				1,700
Beit Ṭimā	1,060				1,060
Bil‘īn and Ard el Ishra	180				180
Bureir	2,740				2,740
Deir el Balaḥ	2,520		40		2,560
Deir Suneid	730				730
Dimra	520				520
Fālūja, El	4,670				4,670
Gan Yavne		430			430
Kefar Bistaron		180			180
Gaza	33,160	80	1,010		34,250
Gaza
Hamāma	5,000	60	10		5,070
Hatta	970				970
Hirbīya	2,200	60	40		2,300
Hūj and Dorot	810	230			1,040
Huleiqāt	420				420
‘Ibdīs	540				540
‘Irāq el Manshiya and Gat	2,010	210			2,220
‘Irāq Suweidān	660				660
Isdūd	4,620	290			4,910
Jabāliya	3,520				3,520
Jaldīya	360				360
Jiya, El	1,230				1,230
Jūlis	1,030				1,030
Jūra, El	2,420				2,420
Juseir	1,180				1,180
Karatiyā	1,370				1,370
Kaufakha	500				500
Kaukaba	680				680
Kefar Warburg		260			260
Khān Yūnis	11,180		40		11,220
Khān Yūnis
Khirbat Ikhāza‘a	990				990
Khirbat Khisās	150				150
Majdal, El	9,820		90		9,910
Majdal, El
Masmiya el Kabīra, El	2,510		10		2,520
Masmiya es Saghīra, El	530				530
Muḥarraqa, El	580				580
Najd	620				620
Nazla	1,330				1,330
Negba		280			280
Ni‘ilyā	1,310				1,310
Nuseirāt
Qastina	890				890
Rafah	2,220				2,220
Sawāfīr el Gharbīya, Es	1,030				1,030
Sawāfīr es Shamālīya, Es	680				680
Sawāfīr es Sharqīya, Es	960		10		970
Sumeirī
Summeil	950				950
Sumsum	1,290	70			1,360
Tell et Turmus	760				760
Yasūr	1,070				1,070
Nomads	530				530
TOTAL	133,040	2,890	1,250	0	137,180

;Existing localities

Depopulated towns and villages

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