Jaffa's district covered an area of 334.8 square kilometers, which included 18.6 square kilometers for roads, wadies, railroads, ... etc. In 1945, Zionists owned 129.5 square kilometers from the total district size, which constituted 38.6% of the district's total size.
Yaffa. The city of Jaffa in 1948 had a population of 71,000 Palestinians. By November l948, all but 3,651 were force fully evicted from their homes. The city was then taken over by Jewish immigrants, and renamed Yafo.
Tracing all That Remains of al-Kahyriyya
All that remains of al-Sawalima
Villages of Jaffa District:
al-'Abbasiyya
Al Abbasiyah located 8 miles east of Jaffa. Population: 5,650. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Or Yehuda built on its 5,135 acres.
Abu Kishk
Arab Abou Kishk located 13 miles NE of Jaffa. Population: 1,900. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Shmon Nave Hadar built on its 4,343 acres.
Bayt Dajan
Beit Dajan located 6 miles SE of Jaffa. Population: 3,840. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Bet Dajan built on its 4,317 acres.
Biyar 'Adas
Byar Adas located 9.3 miles NE of Jaffa. Obliterated in 1948, after most of its 300 villagers were massacred. The Jewish settlement of Gan Hayyim was built on its 1,343 acres.
Fajja
Fajjah located 9.3 miles NE of Jaffa. Population: 1,200. Obliterated in 1948, with eastern Jewish suburb of Pitah Tikwa built on its stolen land.
al-Haram
Al Haram located 11 miles NE of Jaffa. Population: 520. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Reshef, a suburb of Herzliyyah, built on its 1,008 acres.
Ijlil al-Qibliyya
Ijlil al-Shamaliyya
Ijleel North & South located 8.7 miles NE of Jaffa. Population: 470. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Gelilot built on its 4,413 acres. It is now incorporated as a suburb of Herzliyya.
al-Jammasin al-Gharbi
Al Jammaseen- WEST located 4.5 miles north of Jaffa. Population: 1,080. Obliterated in 1948, with its104 acres incorporated into the Jewish city of Telaviv.
al-Jammasin al-Sharqi
Al Jammaseen- EAST located 4.3 miles north of Jaffa. Population: 730. Obliterated in 1948, with its 90 acres incorporated into the Jewish city of Telaviv.
Jarisha
Kafr 'Ana
Kafar Aanah located 6.8 miles east of Jaffa. Population: 2,800. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlements of Qiryat Ono and Yehuda built on its 4,338 acres.
al-Khayriyya
Al Khayriyyah located 5 miles east of Jaffa. Population: 1,420. Obliterated in 1948; all its 3,414 acres were stolen.
al-Mas'udiyya
Al Masoudiyyah located 1 mile NE of Tel Aviv. Population: 850. Obliterated in 1948, with its 255 acres incorporated into the Jewish city of Tel Aviv.
al-Mirr
al-Muwaylih
Al Mouwyleh located 7.4 miles NE of Jaffa. Population: 360. Obliterated in 1948; all its 836 acres were stolen.
Rantiya
Rantiyyah located 9.3 miles east of Jaffa. Population: 590. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Rinnatya built on its 1,097 acres.
al-Safiriyya
Al Saferiyyah located 6.8 miles SE of Jaffa. Population: 3,070. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Zafriyya built on its 3,187 acres.
Salama
Salamah located 3 miles east of Jaffa. Population: 6,670. Obliterated in 1948; its 1,696 acres became a suburb of Tel Aviv known as Kefar Shaem.
Saqiya
Saqiyah located 12.4 miles SE of Jaffa. Population: 1,100. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Tirat Yehuda built on its 1,355 acres.
Sarona
Saronah located 3 miles NE of Jaffa. Population: 800. Obliterated in 1948, with its 238 acres incorporated into the Jewish city of Tel Aviv.
al-Sawalima
Arab Alsawahimah located 10 miles NE of Jaffa. Population: 800. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Ramat Hayyal built on its 1,486 acres.
al-Shaykh Muwannis
Al Sheikh Mu’aness located 3 miles NE of Jaffa. Population: 1,930. Obliterated in 1948, all its 1,402 acres were incorporated into the Jewish city of Telaviv.
