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). This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, tone, style, and voice). ... Akko (Hebrew עכו; Arabic عكّا ʿAkkā; also, Acre, Accho, Acco, and St. ...

Origins

The Ottoman empire took over Acre 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. This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, tone, style, and voice). ... Akko (Hebrew עכו; Arabic عكّا ʿAkkā; also, Acre, Accho, Acco, and St. ... This page is about districts of the Ottoman Empire; for a region in Serbia and Montenegro, see Sandžak. ... This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, tone, style, and voice). ...

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 1948. This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, tone, style, and voice). ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Map of the territory under the British Mandate of Palestine. ...

Israel

In 1948, as a result of both the failure of the 1947_UN_Partition_Plan and the 1948_Arab-Israeli_War, 27 of the villages in the District of Acre were depopulated by Israeli forces. The District of Acre was eventually dissolved after the creation of Israel. On 29 November 1947 the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, a plan to resolve the Arab-Jewish conflict in the British Mandate of Palestine, was approved by the United Nations General Assembly, at the UN World Headquarters in New York. ... The 1948 Arab-Israeli War is referred to as the War of Independence (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמאות) or as the War of Liberation (Hebrew: מלחמת השחרור) by Israelis. ...

Crusades references

During the crusades of the 1200s, the term "District of Acre" was used to identify the city of Acre itself.

See also

• List of villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war