Al-Imara

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al-Imara
Arabic	العمارة
Name Meaning	"the building"
District	Beersheba
Population
Jurisdiction	dunams
Date of depopulation	October 1948
Cause(s) of depopulation	Explusion by Jewish forces
Current localities	{{{curlocl}}}

al-Imara (Arabic: العمارة) was a Palestinian village, located in the northern Naqab Desert 27 kilometers northwest of the city of Beersheba. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the village was captured by the Yiftach Brigade in early October, meeting with no resistance. The Jewish kibbutz of Urim is built on the lands of the former village.