The Beisan Subdistrict (; ) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located around the city of Baysan. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the subdistrict disintegrated; most of it became part of Israel, and has been merged with the neighboring Nazareth Subdistrict to form the modern-day Jezre'el County. The southernmost parts, however, fell within the modern-day West Bank – because of that, they were first occupied and unilaterally annexed by Jordan, and were later occupied by Israel following the Six-Day War.
Towns and villages
+ Beisan Sub-District – Population by Village Village Muslims Jews Christians Others Total 'Arida (El) 150 150 Sede Eliyahu 180 180 Ashrafiya (El) 230 230 Avuqa 160 160 Bashatiwa (El) 1,560 1,560 Bawati (El Hakimiya) 520 520 Beisan (Urban) 4,730 430 20 5,180 Sede Nahum (Rural) 290 290 Messilot 250 250 Beit Alfa 430 430 Beit Hash Shitta (Shatta) 590 590 Bira (El) 260 260 Danna 190 190 Ein Harod 1,060 1,060 Farwana 330 330 Fatur (El) 110 110 Gesher 130 130 Geva‘ 380 380 Ghazawiya (El) 1,020 1,020 Ma‘oz Hayim 450 450 Neve Eitan 170 170 Hamidiya (El) 220 220 Hermonim 100 100 Hamra (El) 730 730 Heftsi Bah 330 330 Jabbul 250 250 Beit Yosef 170 170 Jisr el Majami‘ 10 230 10 250 Kafra 430 430 Kafr Misr 330 330 Kaukab el Hawa 300 300 Kefar Yehezqel 430 430 Khuneizir (El) 260 260 Masil el Jizl 100 100 Kefar Ruppin (Massada) 180 180 Murassas (El) 450 10 460 Qumiya 440 440 Safa (Es) 650 650 Sakhina (Es) 530 530 Nir David (Tel ‘Amal) 290 290 Samiriya (Es) 240 10 250 Sirin 620 190 810 Taiyiba (Et) 280 280 Benei Berit 150 150 Tell esh Shauk 120 120 Tel Yosef 690 690 Tira (Et) 150 150 Irgun Borokhov 50 50 Tirat Tsevi (Ez Zarra‘a) 290 290 Umm ‘Ajra 260 260 Wadi el Bira 70 70 Yubla 210 210 Zab‘a 170 170 TOTAL 15,920 7,000 650 20 23,590
Depopulated towns and villages
Arab al-'Arida Arab al-Bawati Arab al-Safa al-Ashrafiyya Al-Bira Beisan Danna Farwana al-Fatur al-Ghazzawiyya al-Hamidiyya Al-Hamra Jabbul Kafra Kawkab al-Hawa al-Khunayzir Masil al-Jizl al-Murassas Qumya al-Sakhina al-Samiriyya Sirin Tall al-Shawk Khirbat Al-Taqa al-Tira Umm 'Ajra Khirbat Umm Sabuna Yubla Zab'a Khirbat Zawiya
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