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The District of Jaffa was an administrative district, situated in the British Mandate of Palestine around the city of Jaffa

Jaffa

Jaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world. Jaffa was incorporated with Tel Aviv creating the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical story of the prophet Jonah.-Etymology:...

. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

1948 Arab-Israeli War

The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, known to Israelis as the War of Independence or War of Liberation The war commenced after the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine and the creation of an independent Israel at midnight on 14 May 1948 when, following a period of civil war, Arab armies invaded...

, the district disintegrated.

Depopulated settlements

al-'Abbasiyya

Al-'Abbasiyya

Al-'Abbasiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jaffa. It was attacked under Operation Hametz during the 1948 Palestine War, and finally depopulated under Operation Dani. It was located 13 km east of Jaffa...

Abu Kishk

Abu Kishk was a bedouin village in the District of Jaffa located 12 km northeast of Jaffa, situated 2 km northwest of the Yarkon River...

Bayt Dajan

Bayt Dajan was a Palestinian Arab village situated approximately southeast of Jaffa. It is thought to have been the site of the biblical town of Beth Dagon, mentioned in the Book of Joshua and in ancient Assyrian and Egyptian texts....

Biyar 'Adas

Biyar 'Adas is a former Palestinian Arab village located 19 km northeast of the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo. In 1945 the village had a population of 300 and a total land area of 5,492 dunums.-History:...

Fajja

Fajja is a former Palestinian Arab town located 15 kilometers northwest of Jaffa.-History:In the late 19th century, Fajja was described as a small village built of adobe bricks....

al-Haram

Al-Haram, Jaffa

Al-Haram, also Sayyiduna Ali or Sidna Ali, was an Arab village in the District of Jaffa in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 16 km north of Jaffa, adjacent to the ruins of the ancient city of Arsuf, also known as Apollonia...

Ijlil al-Qibliyya

Ijlil al-Qibliyya, also al-Jalil, was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jaffa. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 3, 1948. It was located northeast of Jaffa....

Ijlil al-Shamaliyya

Ijlil al-Shamaliyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jaffa. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 3, 1948. It was located 15 km northeast of Jaffa.In 1945 the village had a population of 190....

al-Jammasin al-Gharbi

Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi

Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jaffa. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 17, 1948. It was located 6.5 km northeast of Jaffa. As of 1945 it had a population of 1,080. al-Jammasin's inhabitants were known to...

al-Jammasin al-Sharqi

Al-Jammasin al-Sharqi

Al-Jammasin al-Sharqi was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jaffa. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War on March 17, 1948. It was located 9 km northeast of Jaffa. As of 1945 it had a total population of 730. al-Jammasin inhabitants were known to be descendants of nomads...

Jarisha

Jarisha was a Palestinian Arab village located from the ancient site of Tell Jarisha , on the south bank of Al-Awja . After the establishment of Tel Aviv, it was one of five Arab villages to fall within its municipal boundaries...

Kafr 'Ana

Kafr 'Ana was a Palestinian town located east of Jaffa. In 1945, the town had an estimated population of 2,800 Arabs and 220 Jews. Captured by the pre-state Israeli forces of the Alexandroni Brigade prior to the outbreak of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, it was depopulated.-History:The Canaanites...

al-Khayriyya

Al-Khayriyya

Al-Khayriyya was a Palestinian village located 7.5 kilometers east of Jaffa. Its inhabitants fled as a result of a military assault by the Alexandroni Brigade of the pre-state Israeli forces in the lead up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.-History:...

al-Mas'udiyya

Al-Mas'udiyya

Al-Mas'udiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jaffa. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on December 25, 1947. It was located 5 km northeast of Jaffa, situated 1.5 km south of the al-'Awja River. The village was previously known...

al-Mirr

Al-Mirr

Al-Mirr, also named Mahmudiyeh , was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jaffa, which was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on February 1, 1948.-Location:...

al-Muwaylih

Al-Muwaylih

Al-Muwaylih was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jaffa. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War.-External links:** from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center* from Dr. Moslih Kanaaneh...

Rantiya

Rantiya was a Palestinian village, located 16 kilometers east of Jaffa. During the British Mandate in Palestine, it had a population of approximately 600 inhabitants....

al-Safiriyya

Al-Safiriyya

Al-Safiriyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jaffa. It was depopulated during Operation Hametz in the 1948 War on May 20, 1948. It was located 11 km east of Jaffa. al-Safiriyya was known to the Byzantines and Crusaders as Sapharea or Saphyria.In 1945 it had a population of...

Salama Saqiya

Saqiya

Saqiya was a village in Palestine away from Jaffa, depopulated in 1948.-Location:The village was located east of Jaffa, above sea level, on uneven land in the central coastal plain...

al-Sawalima

Al-Sawalima

Al-Sawalima was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jaffa. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 30, 1948. It was located 11 km northeast of Jaffa, situated 2 km north of the al-'Awja River....

al-Shaykh Muwannis

Al-Shaykh Muwannis

Al-Shaykh Muwannis was a small Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jaffa in British Mandate Palestine located approximately 8.5 kilometers from the center of Jaffa city in territory earmarked for Jewish statehood under the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.The village had...

Yazur

Yazur was an Arab town located east of Jaffa. Mentioned in 7th century BCE Assyrian texts, the village was a site of contestation between Muslims and Crusaders in the 12th century....

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