Coordinates: 32°38′44″N 34°57′52″E / 32.64556°N 34.96444°E / 32.64556; 34.96444

Khirbat Al-Manara

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Khirbat Al-Manara
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Coordinates: 32°38′44″N 34°57′52″E / 32.64556°N 34.96444°E / 32.64556; 34.96444
Palestine grid146/227
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulationMay 21, 1948
Current LocalitiesOfer[1] Kerem Maharal[1]

Khirbat Al-Manara was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 21, 1948. It was located 19 km south of Haifa.[2]

History

In the 1931 census Khirbat Al-Manara was counted together with Ijzim, Al-Mazar and Qumbaza. The total population was 2160, 88 Christians, 2082 Muslims, in a total of 442 houses.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Khalidi, 1992, p. 176
  2. Khalidi, 1992, pp. 174-176
  3. Mills, 1932, p. 91

Bibliography

  • Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  • Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
  • Morris, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.

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