Al-Sindiyana

Al-Sindiyana
السنديانة
Sindiyana, Sindianeh
Village
Etymology: "the evergreen oak"[1][2]
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Al-Sindiyana is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Sindiyana
Al-Sindiyana
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°33′31″N 35°0′2″E / 32.55861°N 35.00056°E / 32.55861; 35.00056
Palestine grid150/218
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulationMay 12–14, 1948[4]
Area
 • Total15,172 dunams (15.172 km2 or 5.858 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total1,250[3]
Cause(s) of depopulationEthnic cleansing by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesAviel[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.

  1. ^ Khatib et al., 2003, p. 119.
  2. ^ Quercus coccifera, according to Palmer, 1881, p. 153
  3. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 15
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, xviii, village #160
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 193.