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Each district had an administration headed by a district governor, a role renamed as district commissioner in 1925. Sub-districts were managed by an assistant district commissioner. They were aided by a district officer, who was typically either Jewish or Arab, based on the ethnic make-up of the
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At the start of 1920 there were 9 districts: Jerusalem, Jaffa, Hebron, Jenin, Safed, Acre, Tiberias, Tulkarem and
Beersheba, but this division was modified by the following month to Jerusalem, Haifa, Hebron, Jenin, Nablus, Safed, Acre, Tiberias, Galilee, Tulkarem and Beersheba.
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period, Palestine was divided into different provinces, each centered around a main city: Safed, Acre, Nablus, Jerusalem and Gaza. These provinces contained sub-districts centered around provincial towns. For example, during the 18th and 19th centuries, sub-district of
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Mandatory Palestine, namely from 1920 to 1948. The number and territorial extent of the districts varied over time, as did their subdivision into sub-districts.
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Phoenicia and Galilee were combined, as were the districts of Jerusalem and Jaffa, and the districts of Gaza and Beersheba. Some reassignment of sub-districts also occurred.
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The division was revised after the adoption of a civilian administration in the middle of 1920. In
September 1920, the districts were Jerusalem, Galilee, Phoenicia (formerly Haifa), Samaria, Jaffa, Gaza and Beersheva.
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in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land.
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In August 1925, the Southern and Jerusalem-Jaffa Districts were combined into the Jerusalem-Southern District.
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in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of
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Official Gazette of the Government of Palestine, No. 26, September 1, 1920.
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Official Gazette of the Government of Palestine, No. 70, July 1, 1922.
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