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 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.
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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