The District of Gaza was an administrative district, situated in the southern Mediterranean coastline of the British Mandate of Palestine. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

1948 Arab-Israeli War

The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, known to Israelis as the War of Independence or War of Liberation The war commenced after the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine and the creation of an independent Israel at midnight on 14 May 1948 when, following a period of civil war, Arab armies invaded...

, the district disintegrated, with Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 controlling the northern and eastern portions while Egypt

Egypt

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 held control of the southern and central parts - which became the Gaza Strip

Gaza Strip

thumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of...

 under the Palestinian National Authority

Palestinian National Authority

The Palestinian Authority is the administrative organization established to govern parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip...

 after the Oslo Accords

Oslo Accords

The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles , was an attempt to resolve the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict...

 in 1993-1994.

All of the localities captured by Israel were depopulated prior, during or after the 1948 War. Majdal

Majdal

Majdal is a common place name in Syria and Palestine and can refer to:* Al-Majdal, Askalan, a village depopulated in 1948, now part of Ashkelon in Israel...

 was not destroyed.

Former localities

Existing localities

Arab Suqrir Arab Suqrir Arab Suqrir was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza, located northeast of Gaza in a flat area with an elevation of along the coastal plain just north of Isdud. The total land area of the village was 40,224 dunams, of which 12,270 was Arab-owned, while the remainder was public... Barbara Barbara, Gaza Barbara was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza located 17 km northeast of Gaza City, in the vicinity of modern Ashkelon. It had an entirely Arab population of 2,410 in 1945 . The village consisted of nearly 14,000 dunums of which approximately 12,700 dunums was able to be... Barqa al-Batani al-Gharbi Al-Batani al-Gharbi Al-Batani al-Gharbi was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 13, 1948 by the Giv'ati Brigade under Operation Barak. It was located 36 km northeast of Gaza.... al-Batani al-Sharqi Al-Batani al-Sharqi Al-Batani al-Sharqi was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza, located northeast of Gaza situated in the flat terrain on the southern coastal plain of Palestine. It had a population of 650 in 1945... Beit Daras Beit Daras Bayt Daras was a Palestinian Arab town located on the Lachish River, northeast of Gaza and approximately above sea level, which was depopulated in 1948.-History:... Bayt 'Affa Bayt 'Affa Bayt 'Affa was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on January 10, 1948 as part of Operation Barak. It was located 29 km northeast of Gaza and Wadi al-Rana ran east of the village.The village had a... Bayt Jirja Bayt Jirja Bayt Jirja was a Palestinian Arab village 15.5 km Northeast of Gaza. In 1931 the village consisted of 115 houses. It was overrun by Israeli forces during operation Yo'av in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war... Bayt Tima Bayt Tima Bayt Tima was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza, located northeast of Gaza and some from the coastline. It was situated in flat terrain on the southern coastal plain of Palestine. Bayt Tima was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War... Bil'in Bil'in, Gaza Bil'in was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza. It was depopulated by the Israel Defence Force during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 8, 1948 under Operation An-Far. It was located 39 km northeast of Gaza and the village contained two wells which supplied it with drinking... Burayr Burayr Burayr was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza, northeast of Gaza City. Its population in 1945 was 2,740 and it was depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It had an average elevation of .-History:... Dayr Sunayd Dayr Sunayd Dayr Sunayd was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza located northeast of Gaza. Situated at an elevation of along the southern coastal plain of Palestine, Deir Sunayd had a total land area of 6,081 dunams... Dimra Dimra Dimra was a small Palestinian Arab village located northeast of Gaza City. Ancient remains at the site attest to longtime settlement there. During the era of Mamluk rule in Palestine, the town was the home of the Bani Jabir tribe... al-Faluja Al-Faluja al-Faluja was an Arab village in the British Mandate of Palestine, located 30 kilometers northeast of Gaza City. The village and the neighbouring village of Iraq al-Manshiyya formed part of the Faluja pocket, where 4,000 Egyptian troops were besieged for four months by the newly established Israel... Hamama Hamama Hamama was a Palestinian Arab town of over 5,000 inhabitants that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was located 24 kilometers north of Gaza, between Ashkelon and Ashdod.- History :... Hatta Hatta (abandoned Arab village) Hatta was a Palestinian village of 1,125 inhabitants that was depopulated after a July 17, 1948 assault by Israeli forces of the Givati Brigade during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The Jewish localities of Revaha, Zavdiel and Aluma are currently located on the former village's lands.-Location:The... Hiribya Hiribya Hirbiya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza, located northeast of Gaza along the southern coastal plain of Palestine. In 1945, it had a population of 2,300 inhabitants, of which 2,240 were Arabs and 60 were Jews.-History:... Huj Huj Huj was a Palestinian Arab village located northeast of Gaza City. Identified as the site of the ancient Philistine town of Oga, the modern village was founded by the Ottomans in the early 19th century.... Hulayqat Hulayqat Hulayqat was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948 under Operation Barak. It was located 20.5 km northeast of Gaza.The population in 1945 was 420... Ibdis Ibdis Ibdis was a Palestinian village in the District of Gaza, located northeast of Gaza City. It was situated on flat ground on the coastal plain at an elevation of above sea level, and bordered by a wadi that bore its name on its eastern side... Iraq al-Manshiyya Iraq al-Manshiyya Iraq al-Manshiyya is a former Palestinian town located 32 km northeast of Gaza City. Its total land area consisted of 13,838 dunams. According to the British Mandate, the town had a population of 2,010 Arabs and 210 Jews in 1945... Iraq Suwaydan Isdud al-Jaladiyya Al-Jaladiyya Al-Jaladiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 8, 1948 by the Giv'ati Brigade. It was located 34 kilometres northeast of Gaza.The Crusades built a castle in the village... al-Jiyya Al-Jiyya al-Jiyya was a Palestinian village that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Located 19 kilometers northeast of Gaza City, according to a 1945 census, the village had a population of 1,230... Julis al-Jura Al-Jura Al-Jura was a Palestinian village that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, located approximately two kilometers west of Majdal . In 1945, the village had a population of approximately 2,420 mostly Muslim inhabitants... Jusayr Jusayr Jusayr was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 17, 1948 under Operation Barak or Operation Yo'av. It was located 35 km northeast of Gaza.... Karatiyya Karatiyya Karatiyya was a Palestinian Arab village of 1,370, located northeast of Gaza, situated in a flat area with an elevation of along the coastal plain of Palestine and crossed by Wadi al-Mufrid.-History:... Kawfakha Kawfakha Kawfakha was a Palestinian village located east of Gaza that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.-Location:The village stood on a stretch of sandy, rolling land in the northern Negev... Kawkaba Kawkaba Kawkaba , known to the Crusaders as Coquebel, was an Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during Operation Yoav during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and depopulated.-Location:... al-Khisas al-Masmiyya al-Kabira Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira was a Palestinian village in the District of Gaza, located northeast of Gaza. With a land area of 20,687 dunams, the village site was situated on an elevation of along the coastal plain. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War... al-Masmiyya al-Saghira Al-Masmiyya al-Saghira Al-Masmiyya al-Saghira was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza, located northeast of Gaza. Established in the 19th century, it was situated at an elevation of in the southern coastal plain of Ottoman Syria... al-Muharraqa Al-Muharraqa Al-Muharraqa was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza, located east of Gaza City. The village laid on rolling terrain on the southern coastal plain of Palestine, on a bend in the wadi. It had an elevation of and a total land area of 4,855 dunams, most of which was public property,... Najd Ni'ilya Ni'ilya Ni'ilya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on November 4, 1948 under Operation Yo'av. It was located 19 km northeast of Gaza in the city territory of modern Ashkelon... Qastina Qastina Qastina was a Palestinian village, located 38 kilometers northeast of Gaza City. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.-Location:... al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 18, 1948 during the second stage of Operation Barak. It was located 30 km northeast of Gaza.... al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza, located northeast of Gaza situated along the southern coastal plain of Palestine above sea level. It had a population of 680 in 1945... al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 18, 1948 as part of the second stage of Operation Barak. The village was located 32 km northeast of Gaza.... Simsim Summil Summil Summil was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza, located northeast of Gaza. It was situated on a sandy hill in the coastal plain and had a population of 950 in 1945. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.-History:... Tall al-Turmus Tall al-Turmus Tall al-Turmus was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza located on a low hill on the coastal plain of Palestine, northeast of Gaza. In 1945, it had a population of 760 and a land area of 11,508 dunams. The village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.-History:According... Yasur

Abasan al-Kabera Abasan al-Kabera Abasan al-Kabera in is a Palestinian town located in the Khan Yunis Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip. The town is connected with Khan Yunis city by a local street that crosses other villages like Bani Suheila and Khuza'a... Abasan al-Saghira Abasan al-Saghira Abasan al-Saghira is a Palestinian agricultural town located 2km southeast of Khan Yunis in the Khan Yunis Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Abasan al-Saghira had a population of 5,650 Muslim inhabitants.... Bani Suheila Bani Suheila Bani Suheila is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip's Khan Yunis Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics the population of Bani Suheila had grown from 8,220 in 1945 to 32,800 people in mid-year 2006.... al-Bayuk Beit Hanun Beit Lahia Beit Lahia Beit Lahia is a city located north of Jabalia, near Beit Hanoun and the 1949 Armistice Line with Israel. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the city had a population of 59,540 in mid-year 2006. Hamas, an Islamist party, took control of it during the 2005 municipal... Deir al-Balah al-Fukhari Gaza City Jabalia Jabalia Jabalia also Jabalya is a Palestinian city located north of Gaza City. It is under the jurisdiction of the North Gaza Governorate, in the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Jabalia had a population of 82,877 in mid-year 2006... Juhor ad-Dik Juhor ad-Dik Juhor ad-Dik is a Palestinian village in the Gaza Governorate, south of Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of 3,200 inhabitants in 2006... Khan Yunis Khan Yunis Khan Yunis - often spelt Khan Younis or Khan Yunnis - is a city and adjacent refugee camp in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics the city, its refugee camp, and its immediate surroundings had a total population of 180,000 in 2006... Khuza'a Khuza'a (town) Khuza'a is a Palestinian town in the Khan Yunis Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Khuza'a had a population of 9,700 inhabitants,... al-Mawasi Al-Mawasi Al-Mawasi is a Bedouin Palestinian town on the southern coast of the Gaza Strip, approximately one kilometer wide and fourteen kilometers long, that prior to Israel's unilateral disengagement plan in 2005 existed as a Palestinian enclave within the Katif bloc of Israeli settlements... Nuseirat Qa' al-Qurein al-Qarara Qizan an-Najjar Rafah Rafah Rafah , also known as Rafiah, is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip. Located south of Gaza, Rafah's population of 71,003 is overwhelmingly made up of Palestinian refugees. Rafah camp and Tall as-Sultan form separate localities. Rafah is the district capital of the Rafah Governorate... Shokat as-Sufi Shokat as-Sufi Shokat as-Sufi is a Palestinian town in the southern Gaza Strip, south of Rafah and adjacent to the inoperable Yasser Arafat International Airport... Umm Kameil

See also

• Sanjak of Gaza
• Districts of the British Mandate of Palestine
  Districts of the British Mandate of Palestine
  During the period of British rule over Palestine, 1918–1948, the territory of the British Mandate for Palestine was divided into administrative regions known as districts, divisions, or sub-districts. The number of parts and the boundaries between them were adjusted repeatedly...
  
  
• Gaza Governorate
  Gaza Governorate
  The Gaza Governorate is one of 16 Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority located in the north central Gaza Strip which is administered by the Palestinian National Authority aside from its border with Israel, airspace and maritime territory. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau...
  
  
• South District (Israel)
  South District (Israel)
  The Southern District is one of Israel's six administrative districts, and is the largest in terms of land area as well as the most sparsely populated. It covers most of the Negev desert, as well as the Arabah valley. The population of the Southern District is 1,002,400. It is 86% Jewish and 14%...
  
  

Sources

• Gaza District Towns Palestine Remembered.
• Small Area Populations Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics is the statistical organization under the umbrella of the Palestinian Cabinet of the Palestinian National Authority....
  
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