The Safad Subdistrict (Arabic: قضاء صفد; Hebrew: נפת צפת) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine before it was captured by Israel in 1948. It was located around the city of Safad. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the subdistrict, which fell entirely within modern-day Israel, became the modern-day Safed Subdistrict in the Northern District (Israel).
| Safad Subdistrict قضاء صفد נפת צפת | |||||||||
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| Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine | |||||||||
| 1920–1948 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Safad | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1945 | 696 km2 (269 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1931 | 39,713 | ||||||||
• 1945 | 53,620 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1920 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1948 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Israel | ||||||||
Borders
edit- Acre Subdistrict (South West)
- Tiberias Subdistrict (South)
- Lebanon (North)
- Syria (East)
Depopulated towns and villages
edit(current localities in parentheses)
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