Beersheba Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine
Administrative division of British Palestine (1920–1948)
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The Beersheba Subdistrict (Arabic: قضاء بئر السبع; Hebrew: נפת באר שבע) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located in modern-day southern Israel. The city of Beersheba was the capital. After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the subdistrict largely transformed into the Beersheba Subdistrict of Israel.
| Beersheba Subdistrict قضاء بئر السبع נפת באר שבע | |||||||||||
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| Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine | |||||||||||
| 1920–1948 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Beersheba | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1945 | 12,577 km2 (4,856 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1922 | 75,254[1] | ||||||||||
• 1931 | 51,082[1] | ||||||||||
• 1945 | 90,507 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1920 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1948 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Israel (Southern District)  Gaza Strip | ||||||||||
The vast majority of the population, approximately 90%, consisted of nomadic Palestinian Bedouins.
Towns and villages
| Town / Tribe | Muslims | Jews | Christians | Others | Total |
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| ‘Auja (El) | |||||
| Beersheba | 5,360 | 200 | 10 | 5,570 | |
| Beit Eshel | 40 | 40 | |||
| Gevulot | 20 | 20 | |||
| Jammama | |||||
| Ruhama | 70 | 70 | |||
| Tel Tsofīm | 20 | 20 | |||
| Tribal Units | |||||
| Ahyawāt Tribes | |||||
| ‘Azāzima Tribes | |||||
| Hanājira Tribes | |||||
| Jubārāt Tribes | 47,980 | 47,980 | |||
| Sa‘idiyin Tribes | |||||
| Tarābin Tribes | |||||
| Tayāha Tribes | |||||
| TOTAL | 53,340 | 150 | 200 | 10 | 53,700 |
Depopulated towns and villages
(current localities in parentheses)
- Auja al-Hafir (Nessana)
- Beersheba
- al-Imara (Ofakim, Urim)
- al-Jammama (Ruhama)
- al-Khalasa
- Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat)
- Khirbat Futais (Al-Qadirat clan of Al-Tiyaha tribe) (Ofakim)
