UNITED NATIONS CONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR PALESTINE
W/4
22 March 1949
SETTLED POPULATION OF PALESTINE
BY TOWN AND SUB-DISTRICT,
ESTIMATED AS AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1946.
(Reproduced from the Supplement to the Survey of Palestine, June 1947)
|
Locality |
Total (a) |
Moslems |
Jews (a) |
Christian |
Others |
|
|
Total Urban Rural |
1,845,560 894,570 950,990 |
1,076,780 328,810 747,970 |
608,230 447,840 160,390 |
145,060 115,980 29,080 |
15,490 1,940 13,550 |
|
|
Galilee-Acre District |
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Safad Sub-district |
56,970 |
47,310 |
7,170 |
1,630 |
860 |
|
|
Safad Villages |
12,610 44,360 |
9,780 37,530 |
2,400 4,770 |
430 1,200 |
– 860 |
|
|
Acre Sub-district |
73,600 |
51,130 |
3,030 |
11,800 |
7,640 |
|
|
Acre Villages |
13,560 60,040 |
10,930 40,200 |
50 2,980 |
2,490 9,310 |
90 7,550 |
|
|
Tiberias Sub-district |
41,470 |
23,940 |
13,640 |
2,470 |
1,420 |
|
|
Tiberias Villages |
11,810 29,660 |
4,990 18,950 |
6,030 7,610 |
780 1,690 |
10 1,410 |
|
|
Beisan Sub-district |
24,950 |
16,660 |
7,590 |
680 |
20 |
|
|
Beisan Villages |
5,540 19,410 |
5,080 11,580 |
– 7,590 |
440 240 |
20 – |
|
|
Nazareth Sub-district |
49,910 |
30,160 |
7,980 |
11,770 |
– |
|
|
Nazareth Afula Villages |
15,540 2,470 31,900 |
6,290 10 23,860 |
– 2,460 5,520 |
9,250 – 2,520 |
– – – |
|
|
Haifa District |
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|
Haifa Sub-district |
253,450 |
95,970 |
119,020 |
33,710 |
4,760 |
|
|
Haifa Hadera Shafa 'Amr Villages |
145,430 7,590 3,740 96,690 |
41,000 – 1,380 53,590 |
74,230 7,570 10 37,210 |
29,910 20 1,590 2,190 |
290 – 760 3,700 |
|
|
Samaria District |
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|
Jenin Sub-district |
61,210 |
60,000 |
– |
1,210 |
– |
|
|
Jenin Villages |
4,310 56,900 |
4,150 55,850 |
– – |
160 1,050 |
– – |
|
|
Nablus Sub-district(b) |
94,600 |
92,810 |
– |
1,560 |
230 |
|
|
Nablus Villages (b) |
24,660 69,940 |
23,740 69,070 |
– – |
690 870 |
230 – |
|
|
Tulkarm Sub- district(b) |
93,220 |
76,640 |
16,180 |
380 |
20 |
|
|
Tulkarm Natanya Villages (b) |
8,860 5,290 79,070 |
8,560 – 68,080 |
– 5,290 10,890 |
280 – 100 |
20 – – |
|
|
Jerusalem District |
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|
Ramallah Sub-district |
48,930 |
40,520 |
– |
8,410 |
– |
|
|
Ramallah Villages |
5,180 43,750 |
660 39,860 |
– – |
4,520 3,890 |
– – |
|
|
Jerusalem Sub-district |
253,270 |
104,460 |
102,520 |
46,130 |
160 |
|
|
Jerusalem Bethlehem Beit Jala Villages |
164,440 9,140 3,740 75,950 |
33,680 2,630 200 67,950 |
99,320 – – 3,200 |
31,330 6,490 3,540 4,770 |
110 20 – 30 |
|
|
Hebron Sub-district |
93,120 |
92,640 |
300 |
170 |
10 |
|
|
Hebron Villages |
26,390 66,730 |
26,220 66,420 |
– 300 |
160 10 |
10 – |
|
|
Lydda District |
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|
Jaffa Sub-district |
409,290 |
95,980 |
295,160 |
17,790 |
360 |
|
|
Jaffa Tel Aviv Petah Tiqva Villages |
101,580 183,200 18,160 106,350 |
53,930 130 140 41,780 |
30,820 182,510 18,010 63,820 |
16,800 230 10 750 |
30 330 – – |
|
|
Ramle Sub-district |
134,030 |
96,590 |
31,590 |
5,840 |
10 |
|
|
Ramle Lydda Rehovot Rishon le Zion Villages |
16,380 18,250 10,350 8,790 80,260 |
12,910 16,250 – – 67,430 |
– 20 10,330 8,790 12,450 |
3,470 1,970 20 – 380 |
– 10 – – – |
|
|
Gaza District |
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|
Gaza Sub-district |
150,540 |
145,700 |
3,540 |
1,300 |
– |
|
|
Gaza Majdal Khan Yunis Villages |
37,820 10,900 12,350 89,470 |
36,760 10,810 12,310 85,820 |
– – – 3,540 |
1,060 90 40 110 |
– – – – |
|
|
Beersheba Sub-district |
7,000 |
6,270 |
510 |
210 |
10 |
|
|
Beersheba Villages |
6,490 510 |
6,270 – |
– 510 |
210 – |
10 – |
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(a) Revised de facto estimate.
(b) Revised figures, according to sub-district boundaries 1946.
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Document Type: Statistical abstract or series, Working paper
Document Sources: United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP)
Subject: Demographic issues, Palestine question, Population
Publication Date: 22/03/1949