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Do not fill this in! ===By district=== [[File:Mandatory Palestine - Population by Municipality (1945).svg|thumb|Map of the municipalities in Mandatory Palestine by population count (1945) {{legend|#A50021|150,000 and more}} {{legend|#D2152F|100,000}} {{legend|#E62735|50,000}} {{legend|#F53D3D|20,000}} {{legend|#F57856|10,000}} {{legend|#F5AC75|5,000}} {{legend|#F5D7BC|2,000}} {{legend|#F5D7BC|1,000}} {{legend|#FAE6DC|500}} {{legend|#FFF6F3|less than 500}} {{legend|#CCC0C0|Nomadic regions in the [[Negev]] desert}}]] The following table gives the religious demography of each of the 16 [[Districts of Mandatory Palestine|districts]] of the Mandate in 1945. {|class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:right;" |- style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="9" style="background:#e9e9e9;font-size:110%"| Demography of Palestine in 1945 by district<ref>{{cite book|title=A Survey of Palestine: Prepared in December, 1945 and January, 1946 for the Information of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry |pages=12β13|volume=1|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies| year=1991|isbn=978-0-88728-211-9|author=prepared in December 1945 and January 1946 for the information of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry.}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2"| District ! rowspan="2"| Sub-District ! colspan="2"| Muslim ! colspan="2"| Jewish ! colspan="2"| Christian ! rowspan="2"| Total |- ! Number !! style="text-align:right;"| % ! Number !! style="text-align:right;"| % ! Number !! style="text-align:right;"| % |- | style="text-align:left;"| Haifa |align="left"| [[Haifa Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Haifa]] | {{formatnum:95970}} || 38% | {{formatnum:119020}} || 47% | {{formatnum:33710}} || 13% | {{formatnum:253450}} |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| Galilee |align="left"| [[Acre Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Acre]] | {{formatnum:51130}} || 69% | {{formatnum:3030}} || 4% | {{formatnum:11800}} || 16% | {{formatnum:73600}} |- |align="left"| [[Beisan Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Beisan]] | {{formatnum:16660}} || 67% | {{formatnum:7590}} || 30% | 680 || 3% | {{formatnum:24950}} |- |align="left"| [[Nazareth Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Nazareth]] | {{formatnum:30160}} || 60% | {{formatnum:7980}} || 16% | {{formatnum:11770}} || 24% | {{formatnum:49910}} |- |align="left"| [[Safad Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Safad]] | {{formatnum:47310}} || 83% | {{formatnum:7170}} || 13% | {{formatnum:1630}} || 3% | {{formatnum:56970}} |- |align="left"| [[Tiberias Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Tiberias]] | {{formatnum:23940}} || 58% | {{formatnum:13640}} || 33% | {{formatnum:2470}} || 6% | {{formatnum:41470}} |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Lydda |align="left"| [[Jaffa Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Jaffa]] | {{formatnum:95980}} || 24% | {{formatnum:295160}} || 72% | {{formatnum:17790}} || 4% | {{formatnum:409290}} |- |align="left"| [[Ramle Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Ramle]] | {{formatnum:95590}} || 71% | {{formatnum:31590}} || 24% | {{formatnum:5840}} || 4% | {{formatnum:134030}} |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Samaria |align="left"| [[Jenin Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Jenin]] | {{formatnum:60000}} || 98% | negligible || <1% | {{formatnum:1210}} || 2% | {{formatnum:61210}} |- |align="left"| [[Nablus]] | {{formatnum:92810}} || 98% | negligible || <1% | {{formatnum:1560}} || 2% | {{formatnum:94600}} |- |align="left"| [[Tulkarm Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Tulkarm]] | {{formatnum:76460}} || 82% | {{formatnum:16180}} || 17% | 380 || 1% | {{formatnum:93220}} |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Jerusalem |align="left"| [[Hebron Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Hebron]] | {{formatnum:92640}} || 99% | 300 || <1% | 170 || <1% | {{formatnum:93120}} |- |align="left"| [[Jerusalem Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Jerusalem]] | {{formatnum:104460}} || 41% | {{formatnum:102520}} || 40% | {{formatnum:46130}} || 18% | {{formatnum:253270}} |- |align="left"| [[Ramallah]] | {{formatnum:40520}} || 83% | negligible || <1% | {{formatnum:8410}} || 17% | {{formatnum:48930}} |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| [[Gaza District|Gaza]] |align="left"| [[Beersheba Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Beersheba]] | {{formatnum:6270}} || 90% | 510 || 7% | 210 || 3% | {{formatnum:7000}} |- |align="left"| [[Gaza Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Gaza]] | {{formatnum:145700}} || 97% | {{formatnum:3540}} || 2% | {{formatnum:1300}} || 1% | {{formatnum:150540}} |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Total | {{formatnum:1076780}} || 58% | {{formatnum:608230}} || 33% | {{formatnum:145060}} || 9% | {{formatnum:1845560}} |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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