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vertical-align: middle">Districts of Mandatory Palestine</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandatory_Palestine_1945_subdistricts_and_districts.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Mandatory_Palestine_1945_subdistricts_and_districts.png/220px-Mandatory_Palestine_1945_subdistricts_and_districts.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="510" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Mandatory_Palestine_1945_subdistricts_and_districts.png/330px-Mandatory_Palestine_1945_subdistricts_and_districts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Mandatory_Palestine_1945_subdistricts_and_districts.png/440px-Mandatory_Palestine_1945_subdistricts_and_districts.png 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="1088" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Category</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">District</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Mandatory Palestine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Created</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>1922</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Abolished</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>1948</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">6 (as of 1945)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Government</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>District Commissioner</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Sub-district, division</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>districts and sub-districts of <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Mandatory Palestine</a></b> 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 districts varied over time, as did their subdivision into sub-districts. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>, a district was known as a <i>minṭaqah</i> (منطقة, plural <i>manaṭiq</i> مناطق), while in <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a> it was known as a <i>mahoz</i> (מחוז, plural <i>mehozot</i> מחוזות). </p><p>Each district had an administration headed by a district governor, a role renamed as district commissioner in 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 sub-district. </p><p>By the end of the mandate period, Palestine was divided into 6 districts and 16 subdistricts.<sup id="cite_ref-Essaid_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Essaid-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions_prior_to_1922">Administrative divisions prior to 1922</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Districts_of_Mandatory_Palestine&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions prior to 1922"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Lod" title="Lod">Lod</a> encompassed the area between <a href="/wiki/Modi%27in-Maccabim-Re%27ut" title="Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut">Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut</a> in the south to the present-day city of <a href="/wiki/El%27ad" title="El'ad">El'ad</a> in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of <a href="/wiki/Jaffa" title="Jaffa">Jaffa</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until June 1920, Palestine was under a formal military regime called <a href="/wiki/Occupied_Enemy_Territory_Administration" title="Occupied Enemy Territory Administration">O.E.T.A. (South)</a>. Initially the country was divided into 13 administrative districts, reduced to 10 in 1919, each under a military government.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the start of 1920 there were 9 districts: Jerusalem, Jaffa, Hebron, Jenin, Safed, Acre, Tiberias, Tulkarem and Beersheba,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but this division was modified by the following month to Jerusalem, Haifa, Hebron, Jenin, Nablus, Safed, Acre, Tiberias, Galilee, Tulkarem and Beersheba.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions_in_1922">Administrative divisions in 1922</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Districts_of_Mandatory_Palestine&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions in 1922"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 1922, administrations of the districts of Phoenicia and Galilee were combined, as were the districts of Jerusalem and Jaffa, and the districts of Gaza and Beersheba.<sup id="cite_ref-gazette70_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette70-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some reassignment of sub-districts also occurred.<sup id="cite_ref-gazette70_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette70-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the time of the October, 1922, census of Palestine, there were four districts divided into 18 sub-districts.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Southern District <ul><li>Beersheba Sub-district</li> <li>Gaza Sub-district</li> <li>Hebron Sub-district</li></ul></li> <li>Jerusalem-Jaffa District <ul><li>Bethlehem Sub-district</li> <li>Jaffa Division</li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><ul><li>Jaffa Sub-district</li> <li>Ramleh Sub-district</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>Jericho Sub-district</li> <li>Jerusalem Sub-district</li> <li>Ramallah Sub-district</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>Samaria District <ul><li>Baisan Sub-district</li> <li>Jenin Sub-district</li> <li>Nablus Sub-district</li> <li>Tulkarem Sub-district</li></ul></li> <li>Northern District <ul><li>Acre Sub-district</li> <li>Haifa Sub-district</li> <li>Nazareth Sub-district</li> <li>Safad Sub-district</li> <li>Tiberias Sub-district</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions_in_1924–1925"><span id="Administrative_divisions_in_1924.E2.80.931925"></span>Administrative divisions in 1924–1925</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Districts_of_Mandatory_Palestine&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions in 1924–1925"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A proclamation of June 1924 divided the country into three districts with 18 sub-districts.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Southern District <ul><li>Beersheba Sub-district</li> <li>Gaza Sub-district</li> <li>Hebron Sub-district</li></ul></li> <li>Jerusalem-Jaffa District <ul><li>Jerusalem Division <ul><li>Bethlehem Sub-district</li> <li>Jericho Sub-district</li> <li>Jerusalem Sub-district</li> <li>Ramallah Sub-district</li></ul></li> <li>Jaffa Division <ul><li>Jaffa Sub-district</li> <li>Ramleh Sub-district</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Northern District <ul><li>Acre Sub-district</li> <li>Baisan Sub-district</li> <li>Haifa Sub-district</li> <li>Jenin Sub-district</li> <li>Nablus Sub-district</li> <li>Nazareth Sub-district</li> <li>Safad Sub-district</li> <li>Tiberias Sub-district</li> <li>Tulkarem Sub-district</li></ul></li></ul> <p>In August 1925, the Southern and Jerusalem-Jaffa Districts were combined into the Jerusalem-Southern District.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions_in_1927">Administrative divisions in 1927</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Districts_of_Mandatory_Palestine&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions in 1927"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 1927, the divisions were proclaimed to consist of two districts and one division, divided into 18 sub-districts.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Southern District <ul><li>Beersheba Sub-district</li> <li>Gaza Sub-district</li> <li>Hebron Sub-district</li> <li>Jaffa Sub-district</li> <li>Ramleh Sub-district</li></ul></li> <li>Jerusalem Division <ul><li>Bethlehem Sub-district</li> <li>Jericho Sub-district</li> <li>Jerusalem Sub-district</li> <li>Ramallah Sub-district</li></ul></li> <li>Northern District <ul><li>Acre Sub-district</li> <li>Baisan Sub-district</li> <li>Haifa Sub-district</li> <li>Jenin Sub-district</li> <li>Nablus Sub-district</li> <li>Nazareth Sub-district</li> <li>Safad Sub-district</li> <li>Tiberias Sub-district</li> <li>Tulkarem Sub-district</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions_in_1931">Administrative divisions in 1931</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Districts_of_Mandatory_Palestine&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions in 1931"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 1931, the Hebron Sub-district was combined with the Jerusalem Division to form the Jerusalem District.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the subdivision at the time of the November 1931 <a href="/wiki/1931_census_of_Palestine" title="1931 census of Palestine">census of Palestine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Census1931_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1931-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Southern District <ul><li>Beersheba Sub-district</li> <li>Gaza Sub-district</li> <li>Jaffa Sub-district</li> <li>Ramleh Sub-district</li></ul></li> <li>Jerusalem District <ul><li>Bethlehem Sub-district</li> <li>Hebron Sub-district</li> <li>Jericho Sub-district</li> <li>Jerusalem Sub-district</li> <li>Ramallah Sub-district</li></ul></li> <li>Northern District <ul><li>Acre Sub-district</li> <li>Baisan Sub-district</li> <li>Haifa Sub-district</li> <li>Jenin Sub-district</li> <li>Nablus Sub-district</li> <li>Nazareth Sub-district</li> <li>Safad Sub-district</li> <li>Tiberias Sub-district</li> <li>Tulkarem Sub-district</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions_in_1937">Administrative divisions in 1937</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Districts_of_Mandatory_Palestine&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions in 1937"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 1937, but not gazetted until October, the Administrative Divisions (Amendment) Proclamation divided the Northern District into two districts.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Southern District <ul><li>Beersheba Sub-district</li> <li>Gaza Sub-district</li> <li>Jaffa Sub-district</li> <li>Ramleh Sub-district</li></ul></li> <li>Jerusalem District <ul><li>Bethlehem Sub-district</li> <li>Hebron Sub-district</li> <li>Jericho Sub-district</li> <li>Jerusalem Sub-district</li> <li>Ramallah Sub-district</li></ul></li> <li>Haifa and Samaria District <ul><li>Haifa Sub-district</li> <li>Jenin Sub-district</li> <li>Nablus Sub-district</li> <li>Tulkarm Sub-district</li></ul></li> <li>Galilee and Acre District <ul><li>Acre Sub-district</li> <li>Baisan Sub-district</li> <li>Nazareth Sub-district</li> <li>Safad Sub-district</li> <li>Tiberias Sub-district</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions_in_1938–1940"><span id="Administrative_divisions_in_1938.E2.80.931940"></span>Administrative divisions in 1938–1940</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Districts_of_Mandatory_Palestine&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions in 1938–1940"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1938, the Beersheba and Gaza sub-districts were separated from the Southern District.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then in 1939, the Administrative Division (Amendment) Proclamation reshaped the country into six districts.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name of the Galilee and Acre District was changed to Galilee District in December.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some minor adjustments were made in December 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Gaza District <ul><li>Beersheba Sub-district</li> <li>Gaza Sub-district</li></ul></li> <li>Lydda District <ul><li>Jaffa Sub-district</li> <li>Ramleh Sub-district</li></ul></li> <li>Jerusalem District <ul><li>Bethlehem Sub-district</li> <li>Hebron Sub-district</li> <li>Jericho Sub-district</li> <li>Jerusalem Sub-district</li> <li>Ramallah Sub-district</li></ul></li> <li>Samaria District <ul><li>Jenin Sub-district</li> <li>Nablus Sub-district</li> <li>Tulkarm Sub-district</li></ul></li> <li>Haifa District <ul><li>Haifa Sub-district</li></ul></li> <li>Galilee District <ul><li>Acre Sub-district</li> <li>Baisan Sub-district</li> <li>Nazareth Sub-district</li> <li>Safad Sub-district</li> <li>Tiberias Sub-district</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions_in_1942–1945"><span id="Administrative_divisions_in_1942.E2.80.931945"></span>Administrative divisions in 1942–1945</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Districts_of_Mandatory_Palestine&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions in 1942–1945"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Administrative Divisions (Amendment) Proclamation, 1942 reduced the number of sub-districts of the Jerusalem District to three,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> merging the Bethlehem and Jericho sub-districts into the Jerusalem sub-district.<sup id="cite_ref-Essaid_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Essaid-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further minor adjustments were made in 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This division was retained by the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Israel">State of Israel</a> until 1953, where district boundaries were redrawn to <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Israel" title="Districts of Israel">their modern form</a>. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaza_District" title="Gaza District">Gaza District</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beersheba_Subdistrict,_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Beersheba Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine">Beersheba Sub-district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaza_Subdistrict,_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Gaza Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine">Gaza Sub-district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydda_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lydda District (page does not exist)">Lydda District</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jaffa_Subdistrict,_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Jaffa Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine">Jaffa Sub-district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramle_Subdistrict,_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Ramle Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine">Ramle Sub-district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jerusalem_District,_Mandatory_Palestine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jerusalem District, Mandatory Palestine (page does not exist)">Jerusalem District</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hebron_Subdistrict,_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Hebron Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine">Hebron Sub-district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_Subdistrict,_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Jerusalem Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine">Jerusalem Sub-district</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramallah_Sub-district&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ramallah Sub-district (page does not exist)">Ramallah Sub-district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samaria District (page does not exist)">Samaria District</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jenin_Sub-district" class="mw-redirect" title="Jenin Sub-district">Jenin Sub-district</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nablus_Sub-district&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nablus Sub-district (page does not exist)">Nablus Sub-district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulkarm_Sub-district" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulkarm Sub-district">Tulkarm Sub-district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Haifa_District,_Mandatory_Palestine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Haifa District, Mandatory Palestine (page does not exist)">Haifa District</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Haifa_Subdistrict,_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Haifa Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine">Haifa Sub-district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Galilee_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Galilee District (page does not exist)">Galilee District</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acre_Subdistrict,_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Acre Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine">Acre Sub-district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beisan_Sub-district" class="mw-redirect" title="Beisan Sub-district">Beisan Sub-district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazareth_Subdistrict,_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Nazareth Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine">Nazareth Sub-district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safad_Subdistrict,_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Safad Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine">Safad Sub-district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiberias_Subdistrict,_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Tiberias Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine">Tiberias Sub-district</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Districts_of_Mandatory_Palestine&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Israel" title="Districts of Israel">Districts of Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governorates_of_the_Palestinian_National_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority">Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Districts_of_Mandatory_Palestine&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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