Editing Shefa-Amr (section)

=== British Mandate ===
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 11504 Oldest first market.JPG|thumb|The old market in Shefa-Amr]]
The [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate of Palestine]] was established in 1920. By then, all of Shefa-Amr's Jews had moved out.<ref name="Zaharoni128"/> According to the [[1922 census of Palestine]], Shefa-Amr had a population of 2,288: 1,263 Christians, 623 Muslims, and 402 Druze.<ref>Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Haifa, p.[https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n35/mode/1up 33]</ref> Of the Christians, 1,054 were Melkites (Greek Catholics), 94 Anglicans, 70 Roman Catholics, 42 Greek Orthodox and three Maronitew.<ref>Barron, 1923, Table XVI, p.[https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n51/mode/1up 49]</ref> By the [[1931 census of Palestine|1931 census]], Shefa-Amr had 629 occupied houses and a population of 1,321 Christians, 1,006 Muslims, 496 Druze, and one Jew. A further 1,197 Muslims in 234 occupied houses was recorded for "Shafa 'Amr Suburbs".<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas p. 96] (PDF)</ref>

Statistics compiled by the Mandatory government in the [[Village Statistics, 1945|1945 statistics]] showed an urban population of 1,560 Christians, 1,380 Muslims, 10 Jews and 690 "others" (presumably Druze) and a rural population of 3,560 Muslims.<ref name=DoS1945>Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p15.jpg 15]</ref><ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Haifa/Page-049.jpg p. 49]</ref><ref>{{cite book | author = Sami Hadawi | title = Land Ownership in Palestine | publisher = Palestine Arab Refugee Office | location = New York | year = 1957 | page = 44 | url = http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010745381 }}</ref>