Beersheba_Subdistrict,_Mandatory_Palestine

Beersheba Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine

Beersheba Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine

Administrative division of British Palestine (1920–1948)

The Beersheba Subdistrict (Arabic: قضاء بئر السبع; Hebrew: נפת באר שבע) 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 largely transformed into the Beersheba Subdistrict of Israel.

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The vast majority of the population, approximately 90%, consisted of nomadic Palestinian Bedouins.

Depopulated towns and villages

Main article: Depopulated Palestinian locations in Israel
Official population statistics for the sub-district, from Village Statistics, 1945.

(current localities in parentheses)

References

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    "سكان قضاء بئر السبع - بلادنا فلسطين، صفحة 330". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 13 May 2013.

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