District of Beersheba
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The District of Beersheba was an administrative district, situated in the British Mandate of Palestine around the city of Beersheba
. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
, the district disintegrated.
al-Jammama
al-Khalasa
Auja al-Hafir
Beersheba
Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 194,300....
. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
1948 Arab-Israeli War
The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, known to Israelis as the War of Independence or War of Liberation The war commenced after the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine and the creation of an independent Israel at midnight on 14 May 1948 when, following a period of civil war, Arab armies invaded...
, the district disintegrated.
Depopulated settlements
al-ImaraAl-Imara
al-Imara was a Palestinian village, located in the northern Naqab Desert northwest of Beersheba.-History:In the British mandate period the village was classified as a hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazetteer.-1948 War and aftermath:...
al-Jammama
Al-Jammama
Al-Jammama is a former Palestinian village located in the Negev Desert 30 km west of the city of Beersheba.-History:The village was an archeological site, containing cisterns, an olive press, mosaic floors, tombs, the crown of a stone column, and stone tools from the Middle Paleolithic period...
al-Khalasa
Al-Khalasa
Al-Khalasa was a Palestinian village, located 23 kilometers southwest of the city of Beersheba. The village was originally founded by the Nabateans under the name of "al-Khalus", and then "Elusa" under the Byzantines where it served an administrative center in the Negev Desert...
Auja al-Hafir