District of Haifa

One of the Palestine Districts 1948, find here important information and profiles from District of Haifa.

Where Was The District of Haifa Located?

District of Haifa is located in the north part of Palestine 1948, north of Tulkarm District, south of Acre District, as shown on the map.

Haifa City

Haifa located on the Mediterranean Sea. Population: 70,000 Palestinians, most of whom were evicted from their homes in 1948 after threats to kill them. All their houses and lands were subsequently stolen by Jews who settled in them.

Villages of Haifa District:

1. Abu Shusha
   
   Abu Shoushah located 15.5 miles SE of Haifa. Population: 720. Obliterated in 1948, with its 2,240 acres added to the Jewish settlement of Mishmar Ha'emeq.
   
   
2. Abu Zurayq
   
   Abu Zuraiq located 14 miles SE of Haifa. Population: 550. Obliterated in 1948; all its 1,623 acres were stolen.
   
   
3. 'Amriyye
4. 'Ara
5. 'Arab al-Fuqara'
6. 'Arab al-Nufay'at
   
   Arab Al Nufay’at located 31 miles south of Haifa. Population: 820. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Giv’at Olga built on its 313 acres.
   
   
7. 'Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri
8. 'Ar'ara
9. 'Atlit
10. 'Ayn Ghazal
    
    Ein Ghazal located 15.5 miles south of Haifa. Population: 3,500. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of En Ayyala built on its 4,500 acres.
    
    
11. 'Ayn Hawd
    
    Ein Hawd located 10.5 miles south of Haifa. Population: 650. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlements of En Hod and Nir Ezyon built on its 3,151 acres.
    
    
12. Balad al-Shaykh
    
    Balad Al Shiekh located 3 miles SE of Haifa. Population: 4,120. Obliterated in 1948, all its 2,308 acres were stolen and divided between Haifa and the Jewish settlement of Nesher.
    
    
13. Barrat Qisarya
14. Basmat Tab'un
15. Beit Lehem
16. Burayka
    
    Al Buraikah located 24 miles south of Haifa. Population: 290. Obliterated in 1948; all its 725 acres were stolen.
    
    
17. Burayka, al-Sindiyanat
18. al-Burj, Khirbat
19. al-Butaymat
    
    Al Butaimat located 21 miles SE of Haifa. Population: 110. Obliterated in 1948; all its 1,080 acres were stolen.
    
    
20. Buweishat
21. Daliyat al-Carmel
22. Daliyat al-Rawha'
    
    Daliat Al Rawha’a located 15.5 miles SE of Haifa. Population: 280. Obliterated in 1948; all its 2,502 acres were stolen.
    
    
23. al-Damun, Khirbat
    
    Khirbat Al Damoun located 8 miles SE of Haifa. Population: 340. Obliterated in 1948, all its 699 acres were stolen.
    
    
24. Dar al-Hannoun
25. al-Dumayri
26. Fureidis
27. al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa
    
    Al Ghubayyah/ Upper located 15.3 miles SE of Haifa. Population: 150. Obliterated in 1948; all its 516 acres were stolen.
    
    
28. al-Ghubayya al-Tahta
    
    Al Ghubayyah/ Lower located 15 miles SE of Haifa. Obliterated in 1948, with its 1,045 acres added to the Jewish kibbutz Mishmar Ha'emeq.
    
    
29. Hajajra
30. Hawsha
    
    Hoshah located 8.7 miles east of Haifa. Population: 400. Obliterated in 1948; all its 1,250 acres were stolen.
    
    
31. Hilf
32. al-Humeira
33. I'billin
34. Ibtin
35. Ijzim
    
    Ijzem located 17.4 miles south of Haifa. Population: 2,970. Obliterated in 1948 with the Jewish settlement of Kerem Maharal built on its 11,726 acres of stolen land.
    
    
36. 'Isfiya
37. Jaba'
    
    Jaba’a located 13 miles south of Haifa. Population: 1,140. The village was bombarded from air on July 7, 1948, and later completely obliterated, with the Jewish settlements of Geva Karmel and Zeruea built on its 1,753 acres.
    
    
38. al-Jalama
39. Jeida
40. Ka'abiyya
41. al-Kababir
42. Kabara
43. Kafr Lam
    
    Kfar Lam located 16 miles south of Haifa. Population: 240. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Habonim built on its 1,710 acres.
    
    
44. Kafr Qari'
45. al-Kafrayn
    
    Al Kafrayn located 18.6 miles SE of Haifa. Population: 920. Obliterated in 1948; all its 2,721 acres were stolen.
    
    
46. al-Kasayir, Khirbat
    
    Qisariyah located 26 miles SSW of Haifa, on the sea shore. Population: 960. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Or’aqiva built on its 7,697 acres.
    
    
47. Kh. Jisr al-Zarqa
48. Kh. Ras Ali
49. Kh. al-Shomariya
50. Kh. Umm al-'Alaq
51. Khawalid
    
    Khuldah located 24 miles SE of Haifa. Population: 290. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish kibbutz Even Yizhao built on its 589 acres.
    
    
52. Khirbat al-Maqura
53. Khubbayza
54. al-Khureiba
55. Lid, Khirbat
    
    Khirbat Lidd located 21.7 miles SE of Haifa. Population: 640. Obliterated in 1948; all its 893 acres were stolen.
    
    
56. al-Manara
57. al-Manara, Khirbat
58. Manshiyet Zabda/Sa'ayda
59. al-Mansi
    
    Al Mansi located 18 miles SE of Haifa. Population: 1,200. Obliterated in 1948; all its 3,068 acres were stolen.
    
    
60. al-Mansura
61. al-Mansura, Khirbat
62. al-Mazar
    
    Al Mazar/Haifa located 12 miles south of Haifa. Population: 210. Obliterated in 1948; all its 1,780 acres were stolen.
    
    
63. al-Naghnaghiyya
    
    Al Naghnaghiyyah located 15.5 miles SE of Haifa. Population: 693. Obliterated in 1948; all its 1,465 acres were stolen.
    
    
64. Qannir
    
    Qanneer located 25 miles SE of Haifa. Population: 750. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Regavim built on its 2,820 acres.
    
    
65. Qira
    
    Qeerah Wa Qamoun located 14.6 miles SW of Haifa. Population: 250. Obliterated in 1948; all of its lands were stolen.
    
    
66. Qisarya
67. Qumbaza, Khirbat
68. Qusqus
69. al-Rihaniyya
70. Sabbarin
    
    Sabbareen located 21.7 miles south of Haifa. Population: 1,700. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Ammiqam built on its 5,375 acres.
    
    
71. Safsafa
72. al-Sarafand
    
    Al Sarafand located 15.5 miles south of Haifa. Population: 290. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Aerufa built on its 1,352 acres.
    
    
73. al-Sarkas, Khirbat
74. Sarkis
75. Sa'sa', Khirbat
76. al-Sawamir
77. Shafa Amr
78. al-Shuna, Khirbat
79. al-Sindiyana
    
    Al Sindiyyanah located 21.7 miles south of Haifa. Population: 1,250. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish reservation of Ya’ar Allona built in 1949 on its 3,543 acres.
    
    
80. Tab'un
81. Tab'un / Destroyed
    
    Tabou’n located 11 miles SE of Haifa. Population: 239. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Oiryat Tiv’on built on its 18 acres.
    
    
82. al-Tantura
    
    Al Tantorah located 18.6 miles south of Haifa. Population: 1,490. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlements of Dor and kibbutz Nahsholim built on its 2,880 acres.
    
    
83. al-Tira
84. Umm al-Qutaf
85. Umm al-Sahali
86. Umm al-Shawf
87. Umm al-Zinat
    
    Umm Al Zaynat located 16.7 miles SE of Haifa. Population: 1,470. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Elyaqim built on its 5,514 acres.
    
    
88. Wa'arat al-Sarris
89. Wadi 'Ara
    
    Wadi Aarahi located 33.5 miles south of Haifa. Population: 230. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish kibbutz Barqay built on its 2,194 acres.
    
    
90. Waldheim (Umm al-'Amad)
    
    Um Al Amad located 11 miles SE of Haifa. Population: 265. Obliterated in 1948, with the Jewish settlement of Allone’abba built on its 2,281 acres.
    
    
91. Yajur
92. al-Zubeidat