District of Acre
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The District of Acre (also known as the Province of Acre) was one of the Districts of Palestine, established by the Ottoman Empire, was located within the boundaries of the modern State of Israel. For the capital city of the District of Acre, see Acre (city).
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Origins
The Ottoman empire took over Acre (city) in 1793. In the early 1800s, under Ottoman control, the District of Acre was created, and was added as a subdivision (sanjak) to the Ottoman Province of Syria. In 1888, the Districts of Acre, Latakia, Tripoli, Beirut, and Nablus were separated from Syria and combined with the Province of Beirut. This lasted until the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1918.
British
After the destruction of the Ottoman Empire in World War 1, the Mandate of Palestine, which contained the Disctrict of Acre, was assigned to the British in 1920. Palestine remained under British control until it withdrew control of the mandate in 1947, primarily because of increasing pressure and violence by Zionist movements.
Israel
In 1947 the District of Acre consisted of 27 Palestinian villages. In 1948, as a result of both the rejection of the 1947_UN_Partition_Plan by the Jewish settlers in Palestine and the 1948_Arab-Israeli_War, the Israelis had destroyed all of these villages. The District of Acre no longer existed beyond that point. The capital of Acre (city) was eventually rebuilt, and still exists today.
Towns in the District of Acre
A map is located here (http://www.palestineremembered.com/Maps/New/AcreDistMap.gif).
Acre (city) (Capital) Amqa Arab-al-Samniyya al-Bassa al-Birwa al-Damun Dayr-al-Qasi al-Ghabisiyya Iqrit Iribbin,-Khirbat Jiddin,-Khirbat al-Kabri Kafr-'Inan Kuwaykat al-Manshiyya al-Mansura Mi'ar al-Nabi-Rubin al-Nahr al-Ruways Suhmata al-Sumayriyya Suruh al-Tall Tarbikha Umm-al-Faraj al-Zeeb
Crusades References
During the crusades of the 1200s, the term "District of Acre" was used to identify the city of Acre itself.