Arab al-'Arida

Arab al-'Arida
عرب العريضه
Arab al-Areeda
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Arab al-'Arida is located in Mandatory Palestine
Arab al-'Arida
Arab al-'Arida
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°26′28″N 35°30′52″E / 32.44111°N 35.51444°E / 32.44111; 35.51444
Palestine grid198/205
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictBaysan
Date of depopulationMay 20, 1948[3]
Area
 • Total700 dunams (70 ha or 200 acres)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total150[1][2]
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall
Current LocalitiesSde Eliyahu[4]

Arab al-'Arida (Arabic: عرب العريضه), is a depopulated former Palestinian Arab village and 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) south of the city of Beit She'an.

  1. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
  2. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
  3. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #130. Also gives cause of depopulation
  4. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.41