Iraq al-Manshiyya
عراق المنشية 'Iraq al-Manshiya, Arak el Menshiyeh[1] | |
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| Etymology: "The cliff of the place of growth"[1] | |
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  Iraq al-Manshiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°36′30″N 34°46′59″E / 31.60833°N 34.78306°E | |
| Palestine grid | 129/112 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | February–June 1949[4] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17,901 dunams (17.901 km2 or 6.912 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 2,010[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Gat,[5] Kiryat Gat,[5] Sde Moshe[5] |
Iraq al-Manshiyya (Arabic: عراق المنشية) was a Palestinian Arab village located 32 km northeast of Gaza City. The village contained two mosques and a shrine for Shaykh Ahmad al-Arayni.[3][6] It was depopulated after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
- ^ a b Palmer, 1881, p. 365
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
- ^ a b c Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village number 320. Also gives the cause for depopulation
- ^ a b c Khalidi, 1992, p. 108
- ^ Iraq al-Manshiyya Town Statistics and Facts