- See Mansura (disambiguation) for other places with similar names.
Al-Mansura
المنصورة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Maronite Church of Yohanna | |
| Etymology: Khirbet Mansura= The ruin of Mansura[1] | |
.jpg) 1870s map .jpg) 1940s map.jpg) modern map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Mansura, Acre (click the buttons) | |
  Al-Mansura Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°03′50″N 35°20′05″E / 33.06389°N 35.33472°E | |
| Palestine grid | 182/274 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Date of depopulation | Early November 1948[4] |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 2,300 (with nearby Fassuta and Dayr al-Qassi[2][3]) |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Netu'a,[5] Mattat,[5] Abirim,[5] Elkosh[5] and Biranit[5] |
Al-Mansura (Arabic: المنصورة), was a Palestinian village that was depopulated by the Israeli army during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. In 1945, it had a population of 2,300 together with the neighboring villages of Dayr al-Qassi (also depopulated) and Fassuta. The population was predominantly Christian and most its residents live in what is now the state of Israel.[5]
It was situated on the northern end of a mountain in the Upper Galilee whose summit was behind the village to the south. It was connected to the coastal Acre-Ras al-Naqoura highway via a secondary road.[5]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 84
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 40 Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #65. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ^ a b c d e f g Khalidi, 1992, p. 24.