The Acre Subdistrict (, Qadaa Akka; , Nefat Akko) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located in what is now northern Israel, having nearly the same territory as the modern-day Acre County. The city of Acre was the district's capital.
The subdistrict was transformed into Northern District's Acre Subdistrict.
Borders Safad Subdistrict (East) Tiberias Subdistrict (East) Nazareth Subdistrict (South) Haifa Subdistrict (South West) Lebanon (North)
History of attachment to a district
The layout of the districts of Mandatory Palestine changed several times: 1922 Northern District 1937 Galilee District 1939 Galilee and Acre District 1940 Galilee District 1948 dissolution
The territory is now covered by the Northern District of Israel.
Towns and villages
+ Acre Sub-District – Population by Village Village Muslims Jews Christians Others Total Abu Sinan 30 380 410 820 Acre (Urban) 9,890 50 2,330 90 12,360 Acre (Rural) Amqa 1,240 1,240 Arraba 1,740 60 1,800 Bassa (El and Ma'sub) 1,360 1,590 2,950 Ma'sub 150 150 Beit Jann 1,520 1,520 Ein el Asad 120 120 Bi'na (El) 530 300 830 Birwa (El) 1,330 130 1,460 Buqeia (El) 100 370 520 990 Damin (Ed) 1,240 70 1,310 Deir el Asad 1,100 1,100 Deir Hanna 540 210 750 Fassuta 1,050 1,050 Deir el Qasi and El Mansura 370 880 1,250 Ghabisiya (El) 690 690 Sheikh Dawud (incl. Sheikh Dannun) 550 550 Hanita 240 240 Iqrith 30 460 490 Jatt 10 190 200 Judeida 150 130 280 Julis 40 780 820 Kabul 560 560 Kafr I'nan 360 360 Kafr Sumei' 40 260 300 Kafr Yasif 350 1,010 40 1,400 Khirbat Jiddin Khirbat Samah (Eilon) 270 270 Kisra 90 390 480 Kuweikat 1,050 1,050 Majd el Kurum 1,400 1,400 Makr (El) 390 100 490 Manshiya 810 270 1,080 Mazra'a (El) 410 10 10 430 Shavei Zion 230 230 Ein Sara 160 160 Gaton 140 140 Mi'ar 770 770 Mi'ilya 110 790 900 Nahf 1,320 1,320 Nahr (En) 610 610 Nahariya 1,440 1,440 Rama (Er) 90 1,160 440 1,690 Ruweis (Er) 330 330 Sajur 10 340 350 Sakhnin 2,310 290 2,600 Sha'b 1,710 30 1,740 Suhmata 1,060 70 1,130 Sumeiriya (Es) 760 760 Tamra 1,830 1,830 Tarbiha (includes En Nabi Rubin and Suruh) 1,000 1,000 Tarshiha 3,140 690 3,830 Kabri 1,530 1,530 Umm el Faraj 800 800 Yanuh 410 410 Yirka 70 10 1,420 1,500 Zib (Ez, includes Manawat) 1,910 1,910 Arab el Aramsha and Arab el Quleitat (includes I'ribbin, Jurdeih and Khirbat Idmith) 360 360 Arab es Samniya (includes Khirbat es Suwwana and Arab Tauqiya) 200 200 TOTAL 47,290 2,950 11,150 6,940 68,330
Depopulated towns and villages (current localities in parentheses)
Amqa (Amka) Arab al-Samniyya (Ya'ara) al-Bassa (Betzet, Rosh HaNikra, Shlomi, Tzahal) al-Birwa (Ahihud, Yas'ur) al-Damun (Yas'ur) Dayr al-Qassi (Abirim, Elkosh, Mattat, Netu'a) al-Ghabisiyya (Netiv HaShayara Iqrit (Even Menachem, Goren, Shomera) Khirbat Iribbin (Adamit, Goren) Khirbat Jiddin (Ga'aton, Qiryat, Yehiam) al-Kabri (Ein Ya'akov, Ga'aton, Kabri, Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Me'ona) Kafr 'Inan (Kfar Hananya) Kuwaykat (Beit HaEmek) al-Manshiyya (Bustan HaGalil, Shomrat)
al-Mansura (Abbirim, Biranit, Elkosh, Mattat, Netu'a) Mi'ar (Atzmon, Ya'ad) al-Nabi Rubin (Even Menachem, Shomera, Shtula, Zar'it) al-Nahr (Ben Ami, (Kabri) al-Ruways Sha'ab Suhmata (Hosen, Tzuriel) al-Sumayriyya (Bustan HaGalil, Lohamei HaGeta'ot, Shomrat) Suruh (Even Menachem, Shomera, Shtula, Zar'it) al-Tall Tarbikha (Even Menachem, Shomera, Shtula, Zar'it) Umm al-Faraj (Ben Ami) Az-Zeeb (Gesher HaZiv, Sa'ar)
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