The Acre Subdistrict (Arabic: قضاء عكا, Qadaa Akka; Hebrew: נפת עכו, Nefat Akko) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located in modern-day northern Israel, having nearly the same territory, as the modern-day Acre County. The city of Acre was the district's capital.
Acre Subdistrict قضاء عكا נפת עכו | |||||||||
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SubdistrictofMandatory Palestine | |||||||||
1920–1948 | |||||||||
Capital | Acre | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1945
| 799 km2 (308 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1904 | 31,593 | ||||||||
• 1945 | 68,330 | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1920 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1948 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Israel |
The subdistrict was transformed into Northern District's Acre Subdistrict.
The layout of the districts of Mandatory Palestine changed several times:
The territory is now covered by the Northern DistrictofIsrael.
(current localities in parentheses)
32°35′00″N 35°00′00″E / 32.5833°N 35.0000°E / 32.5833; 35.0000
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