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 (with some aspects of retained Israeli rule until the 2005 withdrawal) 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 Beersheba Subdistrict (Southeast) Ramle Subdistrict (Northeast) Hebron Subdistrict (East) Egypt (Southwest)
Towns and villages
+ Gaza Sub-District – Population by Village (Village Statistics, 1945) 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 (Urban) 33,160 80 1,010 34,250 Gaza (Rural) 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 (Urban) 11,180 40 11,220 Khān Yūnis (Rural) Khirbat Ikhāza‘a 990 990 Khirbat Khisās 150 150 Majdal, El (Urban) 9,820 90 9,910 Majdal, El (Rural) 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
Abasan al-Kabera Abasan al-Saghira Bani Suheila al-Bayuk Beit Hanun Beit Lahia Deir al-Balah al-Fukhari Gaza City Jabalia Juhor ad-Dik Khan Yunis Khuza'a al-Mawasi Nuseirat Qa' al-Qurein al-Qarara Qizan an-Najjar Rafah Shokat as-Sufi Umm Kameil
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
Arab Suqrir Barbara Barqa al-Batani al-Gharbi al-Batani al-Sharqi Bayt Daras Bayt 'Affa Bayt Jirja Bayt Tima Bil'in Burayr Dayr Sunayd Dimra al-Faluja Hamama Hatta Hiribya Huj Hulayqat Ibdis Iraq al-Manshiyya Iraq Suwaydan Isdud al-Jaladiyya al-Jiyya Julis al-Jura Jusayr Karatiyya Kawfakha Kawkaba al-Khisas al-Masmiyya al-Kabira al-Masmiyya al-Saghira al-Muharraqa Najd Ni'ilya Qastina al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya Simsim Summil Tall al-Turmus Yasur
See also Gaza Sanjak Districts of Mandatory Palestine Gaza Governorate Southern District (Israel)
References
External links Gaza District Towns Palestine Remembered. Small Area Populations Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.