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
+ Haifa Sub-District – Population by Village Village Muslims Jews Christians Others Total Abu Shusha 720 720 Abu Zureiq 550 550 ‘Ar‘ara 2,290 2,290 ‘Arab el Fuqara 310 310 ‘Arab el Ghawarina (Jisr Zerqa) 620 620 ‘Arab en Nufe‘at 820 820 ‘Atlit 90 510 60 660 Balad esh Sheikh 4,120 4,120 Bat Shelomo 90 90 Beit Lahm 210 160 370 Beit She‘arim 330 330 Binyamina 270 1,250 1,520 Bureika 290 290 Buteimat (El) 110 110 Dalyat el Karmil 20 2,040 2,060 Daliyat er Ruha 280 280 Dalia 320 320 Dumeira (Ed) 620 620 ‘Ein Ghazal 2,170 2,170 ‘Ein Haud 650 650 ‘Ein hash Shofet (previously Ji‘ara) 320 320 El Ro‘i (previously part of Esh Sheikh Bureik) 360 360 ‘Emeq Zevulun (Jidra Ghawarina) 790 790 Kefar Masaryk 270 270 ‘Ein ham Mifratz 260 260 Fureidis (El) 780 780 Ghubaiyat (includes El Ghubaiya el Fauqa, El Ghubaiya et Tahta and En Naghnagiya) 1,130 1,130 Giv‘at ‘Ada (El Marah) 160 160 Giv‘ot Zeid (previously part of Esh Sheikh Bureik) 110 110 Hadera (Urban) 7,810 20 7,830 Hadera (Rural) Haifa (includes Ahuzzat Sir Herbert Samuel) 35,940 75,500 26,570 290 138,300 Haz Zorea‘ (previously part of Qira wa Qamun) 290 290 Heftsi Bah 20 20 I‘billin 600 1,060 1,660 Ijzim 2,830 140 2,970 Isfiya 180 300 1,310 1,790 Jaba‘ 1,140 1,140 Kabara 120 120 Kafrin (El) 920 920 Kafr Lam 340 340 Kafr Qari‘ 1,510 1,510 Karkur 2,380 2,380 Kefar ‘Atta (Kufritta) 1,690 1,690 Kefar Brandeis 150 150 Kefar ham Macabi 210 210 Kefar Hasidim 980 980 Kefar Yehoshua‘ 620 620 Khirbat el Burj Khirbat ed Damum 340 340 Khirbat Lid (El ‘Awadim) 640 640 Khubeiza 290 290 Khureiba (El) Mansi (El, ‘Arab Baniha) 1,180 20 1,200 Mazra‘a (El) 210 210 Meir Shefeiya 330 330 Mesheq Yagur 1,220 1,220 Mishmar ha ‘Emeq 390 390 Nesher 1,430 1,400 2,830 Pardes Hanna 670 2,300 2,970 Qannir 750 750 Qiryat ‘Amal 530 530 Qiryat Haroshet 240 240 Qisariya (Caesarea) 930 160 30 1,120 Ramat hash Shofet 240 240 Ramat Yissai 50 50 Ramat Yohanan 420 420 Rihaniya (Er) 240 240 Sabbirin 1,670 30 1,700 Sarafand (Es) 290 290 Sede Ya‘aqov 350 350 Sh‘ar ha ‘Amaqim (previously part of Esh Sheikh Bureik) 360 360 Shafa ‘Amr (Urban) 1,380 10 1,560 690 3,640 Shafa ‘Amr (Rural) 3,560 3,560 Sindiyana (Es) 1,250 1,250 Tantura 1,470 20 1,490 Tira (Et) 5,240 30 5,270 Tiv‘on (Alonim) 370 320 690 Umm esh Shauf 480 480 Umm ez Zinat 1,450 20 1,470 Usha 180 180 Wadi ‘Ara 230 230 Waldheim (Umm el ‘Amad) 150 110 260 Ya‘arot hak Karmel (previously Khirbat Shalala) 360 360 Yajur 560 50 610 Yoqne‘am (previously part of Qira wa Qamun) 410 280 690 Zikhron Ya‘aqov 1,740 1,740 TOTAL 85,590 104,510 30,200 4,330 224,630
Depopulated towns and villages
Former localities Existing localities Abu Shusha Abu Zurayq Arab al-Fuqara Arab al-Nufayat Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri Ayn Ghazal Ayn Hawd Balad ash-Sheikh Barrat Qisarya Beit Lehem Burayka al-Burj, Khirbat al-Butaymat Daliyat al-Rawha al-Damun, Khirbat al-Dumayri al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa al-Ghubayya al-Tahta Hawsha Ijzim Jaba' al-Jalama Jebata Kabara Kafr Lam al-Kafrayn al-Kasayir, Khirbat Khubbaiza Lid, Khirbat al-Manara al-Manara, Khirbat al-Mansi al-Mansura al-Mansura, Khirbat al-Mazar al-Naghnaghiyya Qannir Qira Qisarya Qumbaza, Khirbat al-Rihaniyya Sabbarin al-Sarafand al-Sarkas, Khirbat Sa'sa', Khirbat Al-Sawamir, Khirbat Sheikh Bureik al-Shuna, Khirbat al-Sindiyana al-Tantura al-Tira Umm al-Shawf Umm al-Zinat Wa'arat al-Sarris Wadi Ara Waldheim (Umm al 'Amad) Yajur 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
See also Haifa District For Jewish localities established before 1947.
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