The Hebron Subdistrict was one of the

subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine The Districts and Sub-districts of Mandatory Palestine formed the first and second levels of administrative division and existed through the whole era of Mandatory Palestine, namely from 1920 to 1948. The number and territorial extent of the dist ...

. It was located around the city of

Hebron Hebron ( ar, الخليل or ; he, חֶבְרוֹן ) is a Palestinian. city in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies above sea level. The second-largest city in the West Bank (after East J ...

. After the

1948 Arab-Israeli War Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

, the subdistrict disintegrated.

Depopulated towns and villages

1945 Palestine Mandate Village Statistics population page for Sub-District of Hebron

(current localities in parentheses) * 'Ajjur (

Agur Agur ben Jakeh ( he, אָגוּר בִּן־יָקֶה, ʾĀgūr bīn-Yāqe) was a sage of Arab descent and a compiler of a collection of proverbs found in Proverbs 30, which is sometimes known as the ''Book of Agur'' or ''Sayings of Agur''. Bibl ...

, Li-On,

Tirosh Tirosh ( he, תִּירוֹשׁ, ''lit.'' Grape juice) is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Beit Shemesh and Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The vill ...

) * Barqusya *

Bayt Jibrin Bayt Jibrin or Beit Jibrin ( ar, بيت جبرين; he, בית גוברין, translit=Beit Gubrin) was a Palestinian village located northwest of the city of Hebron. The village had a total land area of 56,185 dunams or , of which wer ...

( Beit Guvrin) * Bayt Nattif *

al-Dawayima Al-Dawayima, Dawaymeh or Dawayma ( ar, الدوايمة) was a Palestinian town, located in the former Hebron Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, and in what is now the Lakhish region, some 15 kilometres south-east of Kiryat Gat.Zafrir Rinat‘Bu ...

( Amatzya) *

Deir al-Dubban Deir al-Dubban ( ar, دير الدبان, from ''Dayr ad-Dhubban'', literally, the "Monastery of the Flies") was a small Palestinian village northwest of Hebron, near the modern village of Luzit, between Jerusalem, and Ashkelon. Sharon, 2004, pp 2 ...

(

Luzit Luzit ( he, לוּזִית, ''lit.'' Almond Tree) is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Beit Shemesh and Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village wa ...

) *

Dayr Nakhkhas Dayr Nakhkhas ( ar, دير النخّاس, ''Deir Nakh-khâs'') was a Palestinian Arab village located 20 km northwest of Hebron, overlooking Wadi Bayt Jibrin to the north.Khalidi, 1992, p. 217. Location Dayr Nakkhas was situated on the road ...

Kudna Kudna ( ar, كُدنة, also known to the Crusaders as Kidna) was a Palestinian Arab village, located 25 kilometers northwest of Hebron. History Kudna was known to the Crusaders as Kidna. An archaeological site in Kudna contained remnants of a for ...

(

Beit Nir Beit Nir ( he, בֵּית נִיר, ''lit.'' House of tilled soil) is a kibbutz in the Lakhish region of south-central Israel. Beit Nir falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council and is a member of the Kibbutz Movement. In its popu ...

) *

Mughallis Mughallis ( ar, مٌغلّس) was a Palestinian Arab village located northwest of Hebron. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War between July 9–10, 1948 as part of Operation An-Far. History Ottoman era It was incorporated into the ...

(

Gefen Gefen ( he, גֶּפֶן, lit. ''Grapevine'') is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Beit Shemesh and Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village w ...

) * al-Qubayba (

Lachish Lachish ( he, לכיש; grc, Λαχίς; la, Lachis) was an ancient Canaanite and Israelite city in the Shephelah ("lowlands of Judea") region of Israel, on the South bank of the Lakhish River, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. Th ...

) *

Ra'na Ra'na ( ar, رعنة) was a village located approximately 26 km northwest of Hebron. It was occupied by the Israeli army during Operation Yo'av in October 1948. It was one of 16 villages in the Hebron district that were depopulated. History ...

( Gal On) *

Tell es-Safi Tell es-Safi ( ar, تل الصافي, Tall aṣ-Ṣāfī, "White hill"; he, תל צפית, ''Tel Tzafit'') was an Arab Palestinian village, located on the southern banks of Wadi 'Ajjur, northwest of Hebron which had its Arab population expelled ...

* Khirbat Umm Burj (

Nehusha Nehusha ( he, נְחוּשָׁה, , Steadfast) is a moshav in central Israel. Located five kilometres north-east of Beit Guvrin, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav wa ...

) *

az-Zakariyya Az-Zakariyya or Zakaria ( ar, زكرية) was a Palestinian Arab village 25 km northwest of the city Hebron (al-Khalil) in the Hebron Subdistrict, and about north-northwest of Bayt Jibrin, which was depopulated after the end of the 1948 ...

(

Zekharia Zekharia ( he, זְכַרְיָה) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of . Geography Zekharia is located off the road between Beit G ...

) * Zayta * Zikrin Subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine {{Mandate-Palestine-stub