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The District of Hebron was an administrative district, situated in the British Mandate of Palestine around the city of Hebron

Hebron

Hebron , is located in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judean Mountains, it lies 930 meters above sea level. It is the largest city in the West Bank and home to around 165,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Jewish settlers concentrated in and around the old quarter...

. 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.

Depopulated settlements

'Ajjur Barqusya

Barqusya

Barqusya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Hebron. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 9, 1948 under Operation An-Far. It was located 31 km northwest of Hebron....

Bayt Jibrin

Bayt Jibrin was a Palestinian Arab village located northwest of the city of Hebron. The village had a total land area of 56,185 dunams or , of which were built-up while the rest remained farmland.The early inhabitants of Bayt Jibrin are the Canaanites...

Bayt Nattif

Bayt Nattif was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Hebron. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 21, 1948 under Operation ha-Har. It was located 21 km northwest of Hebron....

al-Dawayima

Al-Dawayima

Al-Dawayima was a Palestinian town, located northwest of the city of Hebron. It is identified with the Old Testament town of Bosqat. According to a 1945 census, the town's population was 3,710, and the village lands comprised a total land area of 60,585 dunums of which nearly half was cultivable...

Deir al-Dubban

Deir al Dubban was a small Palestinian village northwest of Hebron, near the modern village of Luzit, between Jerusalem, and Ashqelon . The village is now completely disappeared.-History:...

Dayr Nakhkhas

Dayr Nakhkhas was a Palestinian Arab village located 20 km northwest of Hebron, overlooking Wadi Bayt Jibrin to the north.-Location:Dayr Nakkhas was situated on the road to Hebron about two miles east of Bayt Jibrin. Perched on a hill, an open corn valley lay below the village...

Kudna

Kudna was a Palestinian Arab village, located 25 kilometers northwest of Hebron.-History:Kudna was known to the Crusaders as Kidna. An archaeological site in Kudna contained remnants of a fort, the foundations of buildings, previously inhabited caves, and cisterns...

Mughallis

Mughallis was a Palestinian Arab village located northwest of Hebron. In 1945, it had a population of 540. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War between July 9-10, 1948 as part of Operation An-Far.-External links:*...

al-Qubayba

Al-Qubayba

al-Qubayba was a Palestinian village, located 24 kilometers northwest of Hebron.-History:Known in Crusader times as Deirelcobebe, the ruins of the ancient Canaanite city of Lachish lay adjacent to the village, which was subject to extensive archaeological excavations by the British Mandatory...

Ra'na

Ra'na was a village located approximately 26 km northwest of Hebron. It was occupied by Israeli occupying forces during Operation Yo'av in October 1948...

Tell es-Safi

Gath, Gat, or Geth , often referred to as Gath of the Philistines, was one of the five Philistine city-states, established in northwestern Philistia. According to the Bible, the king of the city was Achish, in the times of Saul, David, and Solomon. It is not certain whether this refers to two or...

Umm Burj, Khirbat

Umm Burj, Khirbat was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Hebron. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 28, 1948 during the Third stage of Operation Yo'av under the command of Yigal Allon. It was located 31 km northwest of Hebron.In 1945 it had a population...

az-Zakariyya

Az-Zakariyya

Az-Zakariyya or Zakaria was a Palestinian Arab village 25 km northwest from the city of Hebron in the District of Hebron, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The village had a population of 1,180 on 15,320 dunums in 1945...

Zayta

Zayta was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Hebron in Mandate Palestine. During Crusader rule in Palestine, the village is mentioned as forming part of the landholdings of the Order of St. John. At the time of the rule of the Ottoman Empire, according to the 1596 census, Zayta had a...

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