Abil al-Qamh
آبل القمح Abil al-Mayya | |
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 Air-photo of the village in 1945; later excavation areas markedin letters | |
| Etymology: "Meadow of Wheat" | |
.jpg) 1870s map .jpg) 1940s map.jpg) modern map .jpg) 1940s with modern overlay mapA series of historical maps of the area around Abil al-Qamh (click the buttons) | |
  Abil al-Qamh Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°15′34″N 35°34′51″E / 33.25944°N 35.58083°E | |
| Palestine grid | 204/296 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 10, 1948[3] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,615 dunams (4.6 km2 or 1.8 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 330[1][2] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Secondary cause | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | Yuval |
Abil al-Qamh (Arabic: آبل القمح) was a Palestinian village located near the Lebanese border north of Safad. It was depopulated in 1948.[4] It was located at the site of the biblical city of Abel-beth-maachah.
- ^ Government of Lebanon, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, . Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 69 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 9
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #1. Also gives causes of depopulation.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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