Gaza Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine

The Gaza Subdistrict (Arabic: قضاء غزة‎, Arabic: נפת עזה‎) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was situated in the southern Mediterranean coastline of the British Mandate of Palestine. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the district disintegrated, with Israel controlling the northern and eastern portions while Egypt held control of the southern and central parts – which became the Gaza Strip, under Egyptian military between 1948 and 1967, Israeli military rule between 1967 and 2005, part of the Palestinian National Authority (with some aspects of retained Israeli rule until the 2005 withdrawal) after the Oslo Accords until 2007, and is currently ruled by the Hamas as a de facto separate entity from the Palestinian National Authority. The parts which Israel held since 1948 were merged into Israeli administrative districts, their connection with Gaza severed.

Gaza Subdistrict
قضاء غزة
נפת עזה
Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine
1920–1948
CapitalGaza
History 
• Established
1920
• Disestablished
1948
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Jerusalem Sanjak
Israel
Today part of Southern District
Gaza Strip

Borders

Localities
Official population statistics for the sub-district, from Village Statistics, 1945.
Main article: List of Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus

All of the localities captured by Israel were depopulated prior, during or after the 1948 War. al-Majdal was not destroyed.

Existing localities
Former localities

See also


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