Al-Nabi Rubin, Acre

This article is about the former village in Acre Sub-district. For the former village in Ramle Sub-district, see Nabi Rubin.
al-Nabi Rubin
النبي روبين
an-Nabi Rubin, Neby Rubin
Etymology: The prophet Rubin[1]
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al-Nabi Rubin is located in Mandatory Palestine
al-Nabi Rubin
al-Nabi Rubin
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°04′49″N 35°17′29″E / 33.08028°N 35.29139°E / 33.08028; 35.29139
Palestine grid177/276
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictAcre
Date of depopulationearly November 1948[4]
Area
 • Total18,563 dunams (18.6 km2 or 7.2 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total1,000 with Tarbikha and Suruh[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesShomera, Even Menachem, Zar'it, Shtula

Al-Nabi Rubin (Arabic: النبي روبين, literally "Prophet Rubin" or "Prophet Reuben"), was a Palestinian village located 28 kilometers northeast of Acre. Al-Nabi Rubin students used to attend school in the nearby village of Tarbikha.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 53
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 5
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 41
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #68. Also gives cause of depopulation.