The Ramle Subdistrict was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was part of Lydda District of the British Mandate of Palestine. The sub-district's main city was Ramle. Its total population in 1944 was estimated at 123,490, of which 88,560 were Muslims; 29,420 were Jews; and 5,500 were Christians.A Survey of Palestine: Prepared in December 1945 and January 1946 for the Information of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, Volume I, Table 8c, p. 152, J. V. W. Shaw (Editor) A number of Palestinian Arab villages in the subdistrict were ethnically cleansed during the Nakba, both by Zionist forces prior to the Israeli declaration of independence and after by Israeli forces. Following the war the area that had made up Ramla Subdistrict became a part of Israel's Central District, being mostly subdivided between a newly created Ramla Subdistrict and Rehovot Subdistrict.

Towns and villages

+ Ramle Sub-District – Population by Village Village Muslims Jews Christians Others Total Abu el Fadl (Es Sautariya) 510 510 Abu Shusha 870 870 ‘Aqir 2,480 2,480 Barfiliya 730 730 Barriya (El) 510 510 Bashshit 1,620 1,620 Beer Ya‘aqov 450 450 Beit Hanan 460 460 Neta‘im 230 230 Beit Jiz 550 550 Beit Nabala 2,310 2,310 Beit Nuba and ‘Ajanul 1,240 1,240 Beit ‘Oved 550 550 Beit Shanna 210 210 Beit Susin 210 210 Ben Shemen 930 930 Bil‘in 210 210 Bir Ma‘in 510 510 Bir Salim 410 410 Budrus 510 510 Burj (El) 480 480 Daniyal 410 410 Deir Abu Salama 60 60 Deir Aiyub 320 320 Deir Muhsein 460 460 Deir Qaddis 440 440 Deir Tarif 1,750 1,750 Gan Shelomo 240 240 Gedera 970 970 Giv‘at Brenner 1,010 1,010 Haditha (El) 760 760 Hulda 260 260 Idhnibba 490 490 ‘Imwas 1,450 1,450 ‘Inaba 1,420 1,420 Jilya 330 330 Jimzu 1,510 1,510 Jindas Kefar Aharon 80 80 Kefar Bilu 230 230 Kefar Marmorek 750 750 Kefar Menahem 290 290 Kefar Sirkin 540 540 Kefar Uriya 20 20 Khalayil (El) 650 650 Kharbatha 170 170 Kheima (El) 190 190 Khirbat Beit Far 300 300 Khirbat el Buweira 190 190 Khirbat edh Dhuhriya 100 100 Khuld 280 280 Kunaiyisa (El) 40 40 Latrun 190 190 Lubban (El) 340 340 Lydda (Urban) 14,910 20 1,840 10 16,780 Lydda (Rural) Majdal Yaba (Majdal es Sadiq) 1,520 1,520 Mansura (El) 90 90 Mazkeret Batyah (Eqron) 450 450 Midya (El) 320 320 Mughar (El) 1,740 1,740 Mukheizin (El) 200 110 310 Muzeiri‘a (El) 1,160 1,160 Na‘ana (Ni‘ana) 1,450 590 20 2,060 Nabi Rubin (En) 1,420 1,420 Nahalath Yehuda 850 850 Ni‘lin 1,420 1,420 Qatra 1,210 1,210 Qazaza 940 940 Qibya 1,250 1,250 Qubab (El) 1,980 1,980 Qubeiba (El) 1,720 1,720 Qula 1,010 1,010 Ramle (Urban) 11,900 3,260 15,160 Ramle (Rural) Rantis 1,280 1,280 Rehovot (Urban) 10,000 20 10,020 Rehovot (Rural) Rishon le Zion (Urban) 8,100 8,100 Rishon le Zion (Rural) Sajad 370 370 Sallit 510 510 Sarafand el ‘Amar 1,910 40 1,950 Sarafand el Kharab 930 110 1,040 Seidun 210 210 Shabtin 150 150 Shahma 280 280 Shilta 100 100 Shuqba 840 840 Tina (Et) 750 750 Tira (Et) 1,290 1,290 Tira Shalom 290 290 Umm Kalha 60 60 Wadi Hunein 1,620 1,620 Wadi Hunein (Nes Tsiyona) 1,760 1,760 Yalu 1,220 1,220 Yibna 5,400 20 5,420 Zarnuqa 2,380 2,380 Gibbeton 240 240 Nomadic 3,780 3,780 TOTAL 92,340 29,420 5,500 10 127,270

Depopulated towns and villages

Abu al-Fadl Abu Shusha Ajanjul Aqir Barfiliya al-Barriyya Bashshit Khirbat Bayt Far Bayt Jiz Bayt Nabala Bayt Shanna Bayt Susin Bir Ma'in Bir Salim al-Burj Khirbat al-Buwayra Daniyal Dayr Abu Salama Dayr Ayyub Dayr Muhaysin Dayr Tarif Khirbat al-Duhayriyya al-Haditha Idnibba Innaba Jilya Jimzu Kharruba al-Khayma Khulda al-Kunayyisa Latrun Lydda al-Maghar Majdal Yaba al-Mansura al-Mukhayzin al-Muzayri'a al-Na'ani Nabi Rubin Qatra Qazaza al-Qubab al-Qubayba Qula Ramle Sajad Salbit Sarafand al-Amar Sarafand al-Kharab Saydun Shahma Shilta al-Tina al-Tira Umm Kalkha Wadi Hunayn Yibna Khirbat Zakariyya Zarnuqa

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