Zawiya, Safad

Al-Zawiya الزوِية
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Zawiya, Safad (click the buttons)
Al-Zawiya Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°09′19″N 35°35′50″E / 33.15528°N 35.59722°E / 33.15528; 35.59722
Palestine grid	206/284
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	May 24, 1948[3]
Area
• Total	3,958 dunams (3.958 km2 or 1.528 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	760[1][2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary cause	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Neot Mordechai

Al-Zawiya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 24, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 23 km northeast of Safad.