'Akbara

'Akbara
عكبرة
Village
Modern village of Akbara
Modern village of Akbara
Etymology: possibly from male jerboa[1]
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around 'Akbara (click the buttons)
'Akbara is located in Mandatory Palestine
'Akbara
'Akbara
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°56′22″N 35°29′58″E / 32.93944°N 35.49944°E / 32.93944; 35.49944
Palestine grid197/260
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulation10 May 1948[2]
Area
[3]
 • Total3,224 dunams (3.224 km2 or 1.245 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)[4][3]
 • Total390
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces

'Akbara (Arabic: عكبرة) is an Arab village in the Israeli municipality of Safed, which included in 2010 more than 200 families.[5] It is 2.5 km south of Safed City. The village was rebuilt in 1977, close to the old village destroyed in 1948 during the 1947–1949 Palestine war.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, pp. 61, 66
  2. ^ Morris, 2004, p. 224
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 69
  4. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 9
  5. ^ Ashkenazi, Eli (2010-11-04). "Safed, a Model for Coexistence or Sectarian Tinderbox?".