Beisan Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine

Subdistricts grouped by districts in 1945. Galilee District with Beisan Subdistrict in green.

The Beisan Subdistrict (Arabic: قضاء بيسان; Hebrew: נפת ביסאן) 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 from 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.

Depopulated towns and villages

Official population statistics for the sub-district, from Village Statistics, 1945.
  • 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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