Al-Sindiyana
السنديانة Sindiyana, Sindianeh | |
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Village | |
Etymology: "the evergreen oak"[1][2] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°33′31″N 35°0′2″E / 32.55861°N 35.00056°E | |
Palestine grid | 150/218 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Haifa |
Date of depopulation | May 12–14, 1948[4] |
Area | |
• Total | 15,172 dunams (15.172 km2 or 5.858 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,250[3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Ethnic cleansing by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Aviel[5] |
Al-Sindiyana (Arabic: السنديانة, Es Sindiyâna) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948. It was located 29 km south of Haifa.