The Beersheba Subdistrict (; ) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located in modern-day southern Palestine. The city of Beersheba was the capital. After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the subdistrict largely transformed into the Beersheba Subdistrict of Palestine.
The vast majority of the population, approximately 90%, consisted of nomadic Palestinian Bedouins.
Towns and villages
+ Beersheba Sub-District – Population by Town and Tribe Town / Tribe Muslims Jews Christians Others Total ‘Auja (El) Beersheba 5,360 200 10 5,570 Beit Eshel 40 40 Gevulot 20 20 Jammama Ruhama 70 70 Tel Tsofīm 20 20 Tribal Units Ahyawāt Tribes ‘Azāzima Tribes Hanājira Tribes Jubārāt Tribes 47,980 47,980 Sa‘idiyin Tribes Tarābin Tribes Tayāha Tribes TOTAL 53,340 150 200 10 53,700
Depopulated towns and villages
(current localities in parentheses)
Auja al-Hafir (Nessana) Beersheba al-Imara (Ofakim, Urim) al-Jammama (Ruhama) al-Khalasa Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat) Khirbat Futais (Al-Qadirat clan of Al-Tiyaha tribe) (Ofakim)
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