Qira, Haifa

Qira قِيرة
Village
Etymology: Kh. Kîreh, the ruin of pitch[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Qira, Haifa (click the buttons)
Qira Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°38′42″N 35°06′09″E / 32.64500°N 35.10250°E / 32.64500; 35.10250
Palestine grid	159/227
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Date of depopulation	late March 1948[2]
Area [3]
• Total	14,062 dunams (14.062 km2 or 5.429 sq mi)
Population  (1945)[4][3]
• Total	410
Cause(s) of depopulation	Whispering campaign
Current Localities	Yokneam Moshava, Yokneam Illit, HaZore'a

Qira (Arabic: قِيرة) was a Palestinian Arab village, located 23 kilometers southeast of Haifa. It was locally referred to as Qira wa Qamun.^[5]

Its people were Arab tenants, some of whom from the Bedouin tribes of Ka'abiye and Sa'adih. They settled the land during the late 19th century. The land of the village was owned by three Christian families from Beirut and Haifa. The land was purchased by the Yishuv in the 1920s and the villagers were gradually expelled. Yokneam Moshava and HaZore'a were built on former village land.

The occupation of Qira by pre-state Israeli forces on 1 March 1948 finished the expulsion process.^[5]