Safad District

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Safad District
قضاء صفد
District of Mandatory Palestine
1920–1948
CapitalSafad
Area 
• 1945
696 km2 (269 sq mi)
Population 
• 1904
22,715
• 1916
32,137
• 1922
22,790
• 1931
39,713
• 1945
53,620
History 
• Established
1920
• Disestablished
1948
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Acre Sanjak
Northern District (Israel)
Today part of Israel

The Safad District (Hebrew: מחוז צפת; Arabic: قضاء صفد) was a district in the Mandatory Palestine. Its capital was the city of Safad.

Demographics[edit]

Based on various censuses conducted by the governing authorities of Palestine, adherents of the different religious communities in the district numbered approximately as follows:[1][2][3]

Religion 1904 1908 1916 1922 1931 1945
Islam 16,179 18,892 22,747 18,306 33,975 44,510
Judaism 3,671 4,146 6,079 3,844 3,678 6,700
Christianity 2,765 3,075 3,311 1,253 1,575 1,630

References[edit]

  1. ^ "سكان قضاء صفد - بلادنا فلسطين، صفحة 33". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. ^ "بلادنا فلسطين (صفد وطبرية وبيسان) لمصطفى مراد الدباغ - صفحة 34". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  3. ^ "بلادنا فلسطين (صفد وطبرية وبيسان) لمصطفى مراد الدباغ - صفحة 35". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 13 May 2013.