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. The area of the subdistrict amounted to 696 km2 in 1945, a decrease from 750 km2 during the late Ottoman period.[2]
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).
Borders
- Acre Subdistrict (South West)
- Tiberias Subdistrict (South)
- Lebanon (North)
- Syria (East)
Towns and villages
| Village | Muslims | Jews | Christians | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abil el Qamh | 230 | 100 | 330 | ||
| 'Abisiyya (El) | 830 | 830 | |||
| Kefar Szold | 290 | 290 | |||
| ‘Azaziyat, ‘Ein Fit and Khirbat es Summan | 390 | 390 | |||
| Aiyelet hash Shahar | 540 | 540 | |||
| Yarda | 20 | 20 | |||
| 'Akbara | 390 | 390 | |||
| 'Alma | 950 | 950 | |||
| 'Ammiqa | 140 | 140 | |||
| 'Arab esh Shamlina (Khirbat Abu Zeina, includes El Buteiha) | 650 | 650 | |||
| Beisamun | 20 | 20 | |||
| Biriya | 240 | 240 | |||
| Buweiziya (El, includes Meis) | 510 | 510 | |||
| Dafna | 380 | 380 | |||
| Dallata | 360 | 360 | |||
| Dan (previously Khan ed Duweir) | 260 | 260 | |||
| Darbashiya (Ed) | 310 | 310 | |||
| Dawwara | 700 | 700 | |||
| 'Amir | 240 | 240 | |||
| Kefar Nehemya | 160 | 160 | |||
| Deishum | 590 | 590 | |||
| Dhahiriya el Fauqa (Edh Dhahiriya et Tahta) | 350 | 350 | |||
| 'Ein ez Zeitun | 820 | 820 | |||
| 'Ein Zeitim | |||||
| Fara | 320 | 320 | |||
| Farradiya | 670 | 670 | |||
| Fir‘im | 740 | 740 | |||
| Ghabbatiya | 60 | 60 | |||
| Ghuraba | 220 | 220 | |||
| Harrawi | |||||
| Hatsor | |||||
| Hula Concession Area | 190 | 190 | |||
| Hunin (includes Hula and ‘Udeisa) | 1,620 | 1,620 | |||
| Hurfeish | 20 | 30 | 780 | 830 | |
| Jahula | 420 | 420 | |||
| Ja‘una | 1,150 | 1,150 | |||
| Jish | 740 | 350 | 1,090 | ||
| Jubb Yusuf | 170 | 170 | |||
| Kafr Bir‘im | 10 | 700 | 710 | ||
| Khalisa (El) | 1,820 | 20 | 1,840 | ||
| Kefar Gil‘adi (Tel Hai) | 650 | 650 | |||
| Khirbat el Hiqab | |||||
| Khisas | 470 | 60 | 530 | ||
| Khiyam el Walid | 280 | 280 | |||
| Kirad el Baqqara | 360 | 360 | |||
| Kirad el Ghannama | 350 | 350 | |||
| Lazzaza | 230 | 230 | |||
| Beit Hillel | 100 | 100 | |||
| Mahanaim | 110 | 110 | |||
| Mallaha and 'Arab Zubeid | 890 | 890 | |||
| Malikiyya (El, includes ‘Eitarun) | 360 | 360 | |||
| Manara | 70 | 70 | |||
| Mansura (El) | 360 | 360 | |||
| Mansurat el Kheit | 200 | 200 | |||
| Marus | 80 | 80 | |||
| Mazari‘ ed Daraja and Dadara (includes Dureijat, ‘Ein et Tina, Jalabina and Weiziya (‘Almin)) | 100 | 100 | |||
| Meirun | 290 | 290 | |||
| Metulla (includes Deir Mamas Hura and Kafr Kila) | 220 | 220 | |||
| Mishmar hay Yarden | 130 | 130 | |||
| Muftakhira (El, includes El Barjiyat) | 350 | 350 | |||
| Mughr el Kheit | 490 | 490 | |||
| Nabi Yusha‘ (En) | 70 | 70 | |||
| Na‘ima (En) | 1,030 | 210 | 1,240 | ||
| Qabba‘a and Jazayir el Hindaj (includes Mughr ed Duruz) | 460 | 460 | |||
| Qadas (includes Buleida) | 390 | 390 | |||
| Qaddita | 240 | 240 | |||
| Qeitiya | 940 | 940 | |||
| Qudeiriya (El) | 390 | 390 | |||
| Ras el Ahmar (Er) | 620 | 620 | |||
| Rihaniya | 290 | 290 | |||
| Rosh Pinna | 340 | 340 | |||
| Sabalan | 70 | 70 | |||
| Safad (Urban) | 9,100 | 2,400 | 430 | 11,930 | |
| Safad (Rural) | |||||
| Safsaf | 910 | 910 | |||
| Saliha (includes Marun er Ras and Yarun) | 1,070 | 1,070 | |||
| Salihiya (Es) | 1,520 | 1,520 | |||
| Sammu‘i (Es) | 310 | 310 | |||
| Sanbariya (Es) | 130 | 130 | |||
| Sa‘sa‘ | 1,130 | 1,130 | |||
| Shauqa et Tahta (includes Mughr esh Sha‘ban) | 200 | 200 | |||
| She-ar Yashuv | 100 | 100 | |||
| Shuna (Esh) | 170 | 170 | |||
| Teitaba | 530 | 530 | |||
| Tuba (‘Arab el Heib) | 590 | 590 | |||
| Tuleil and El Huseiniya | 340 | 340 | |||
| 'Ulmaniya (El) | 260 | 260 | |||
| Weiziya | |||||
| Yarda | |||||
| Yesud ham Ma‘ala (includes El Kharrar) | 10 | 250 | 260 | ||
| Zanghariya (Zuhluq) | 840 | 840 | |||
| Zawiya (Ez) | 760 | 760 | |||
| Zuq el Fauqani (Ez) | |||||
| Zuq et Tahtani (Ez) | 1,050 | 1,050 | |||
| Nomads | 820 | 820 | |||
| TOTAL | 44,510 | 6,700 | 1,630 | 780 | 53,620 |
Depopulated towns and villages
(current localities in parentheses)
