Khirbat Al-Manara
| Khirbat Al-Manara | |
|---|---|
  Khirbat Al-Manara | |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Coordinates | 32°38′43.65″N 34°57′51.7″E / 32.6454583°N 34.964361°ECoordinates: 32°38′43.65″N 34°57′51.7″E / 32.6454583°N 34.964361°E |
| Palestine grid | 146/227 |
| Date of depopulation | May 21, 1948 |
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.[1]
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.[2]
References
References
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center
- Khalidi, Walid (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, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.