The Safad District (Hebrew: מחוז צפת; Arabic: قضاء صفد) was a district in the Mandatory Palestine. Its capital was the city of Safad.
| Safad District قضاء صفد | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District of Mandatory Palestine | |||||||||
| 1920–1948 | |||||||||
| Capital | Safad | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  Israel | ||||||||
Demographics
editBased 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- ^ "سكان قضاء صفد - بلادنا فلسطين، صفحة 33". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ "بلادنا فلسطين (صفد وطبرية وبيسان) لمصطفى مراد الدباغ - صفحة 34". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ "بلادنا فلسطين (صفد وطبرية وبيسان) لمصطفى مراد الدباغ - صفحة 35". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 13 May 2013.