Acre Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine
The Acre Subdistrict (Arabic: قضاء عكا Qadaa Akka, Hebrew: נפת עכו Nefat Akko) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located in modern-day northern Israel, having nearly the same territory as the modern-day Acre County. The city of Acre was the district's capital.
| Acre Subdistrict قضاء عكا נפת עכו | |||||||||
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| Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine | |||||||||
| 1920–1948 | |||||||||
| Capital | Acre | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1945 | 799 km2 (308 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1904 | 31593 | ||||||||
• 1945 | 68330 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1920 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1948 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Israel | ||||||||
Borders
- Safad Subdistrict (East)
- Tiberias Subdistrict (East)
- Nazareth Subdistrict (South)
- Haifa Subdistrict (South West)
- Lebanon (North)
History of attachment to a district
Districts and Sub-Districts of Palestine in 1945.
The layout of the districts of Mandatory Palestine changed several times:
- 1922 Northern District
- 1937 Galilee District
- 1939 Galilee and Acre District
- 1940 Galilee District
- 1948 dissolution
The territory is now covered by the Northern District of Israel.
Depopulated towns and villages
(current localities in parentheses)
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