Haifa Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine


The Haifa Subdistrict was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It covered the northern Mediterranean coast of regional Palestine, southwestern Galilee, and the Wadi Ara region. It was disintegrated after the British withdrawal from the area. Prior to and during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War around half of the Arab localities were depopulated or destroyed. The entire district was captured by Israel and most of its Arab defenders were composed of the Arab Liberation Army and local militias.
Its predecessor was Haifa Subdistrict, Ottoman Empire.
The subdistrict was transformed into Haifa District, divided into Haifa Subdistrict and Hadera Subdistrict under Israel.

Localities

VillageMuslimsJewsChristiansOthersTotal
Abu Shusha720720
Abu Zureiq550550
‘Ar‘ara2,2902,290
‘Arab el Fuqara310310
‘Arab el Ghawarina 620620
‘Arab en Nufe‘at820820
‘Atlit9051060660
Balad esh Sheikh4,1204,120
Bat Shelomo9090
Beit Lahm210160370
Beit She‘arim330330
Binyamina2701,2501,520
Bureika290290
Buteimat 110110
Dalyat el Karmil202,0402,060
Daliyat er Ruha280280
Dalia320320
Dumeira 620620
‘Ein Ghazal2,1702,170
‘Ein Haud650650
‘Ein hash Shofet 320320
El Ro‘i 360360
‘Emeq Zevulun 790790
Kefar Masaryk270270
‘Ein ham Mifratz260260
Fureidis 780780
Ghubaiyat 1,1301,130
Giv‘at ‘Ada 160160
Giv‘ot Zeid 110110
Hadera 7,810207,830
Hadera
Haifa 35,94075,50026,570290138,300
Haz Zorea‘ 290290
Heftsi Bah2020
I‘billin6001,0601,660
Ijzim2,8301402,970
Isfiya1803001,3101,790
Jaba‘1,1401,140
Kabara120120
Kafrin 920920
Kafr Lam340340
Kafr Qari‘1,5101,510
Karkur2,3802,380
Kefar ‘Atta 1,6901,690
Kefar Brandeis150150
Kefar ham Macabi210210
Kefar Hasidim980980
Kefar Yehoshua‘620620
Khirbat el Burj
Khirbat ed Damum340340
Khirbat Lid 640640
Khubeiza290290
Khureiba
Mansi 1,180201,200
Mazra‘a 210210
Meir Shefeiya330330
Mesheq Yagur1,2201,220
Mishmar ha ‘Emeq390390
Nesher1,4301,4002,830
Pardes Hanna6702,3002,970
Qannir750750
Qiryat ‘Amal530530
Qiryat Haroshet240240
Qisariya 930160301,120
Ramat hash Shofet240240
Ramat Yissai5050
Ramat Yohanan420420
Rihaniya 240240
Sabbirin1,670301,700
Sarafand 290290
Sede Ya‘aqov350350
Sh‘ar ha ‘Amaqim 360360
Shafa ‘Amr 1,380101,5606903,640
Shafa ‘Amr 3,5603,560
Sindiyana 1,2501,250
Tantura1,470201,490
Tira 5,240305,270
Tiv‘on 370320690
Umm esh Shauf480480
Umm ez Zinat1,450201,470
Usha180180
Wadi ‘Ara230230
Waldheim 150110260
Ya‘arot hak Karmel 360360
Yajur56050610
Yoqne‘am 410280690
Zikhron Ya‘aqov1,7401,740
TOTAL85,590104,51030,2004,330224,630

Depopulated towns and villages

Former localitiesExisting localities

  • Alonei Abba
  • Amriyye
  • 'Ara
  • Ar'ara
  • Atlit
  • Basmat Tab'un
  • Bethlehem of Galilee
  • Binyamina
  • Buweishat
  • Daliyat al-Carmel
  • Fureidis
  • Gvat
  • Hadera
  • Haifa
  • Hajajra
  • Hilf
  • al-Humeira
  • I'billin
  • Ibtin
  • Isifiya
  • Jeida
  • Jisr az-Zarqa
  • Ka'abiyya
  • Kababir
  • Kafr Qara
  • Karkur
  • Khawalid
  • Kiryat Atta
  • Kiryat Bialik
  • Kiryat Motzkin
  • Meiser
  • Pardes Hanna
  • Ras Ali
  • al-Maqura, Khirbat
  • Sa'ayda
  • Sarkis
  • Shefa-'Amr
  • Shimron
  • Umm al-Qutuf
  • Zikhron Ya'akov
  • al-Zubeidat