Arab al-Fuqara

Arab al-Fuqara
عرب الفقراء/الشيخ حلو
Etymology: Sheikh Helu, p.n[1]
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Arab al-Fuqara is located in Mandatory Palestine
Arab al-Fuqara
Arab al-Fuqara
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°27′08″N 34°54′21″E / 32.45222°N 34.90583°E / 32.45222; 34.90583
Palestine grid140/206
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulationApril 10, 1948[4]
Area
[5]
 • Total
15 dunams (1.5 ha or 4 acres)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
310[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesHadera[6]

Arab al-Fuqara (Arabic: عرب الفقراء) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 10, 1948.[4] At that time, the land records of the village consisted of a total area of 2,714 dunams, of which 2,513 were owned by Jews, 15 owned by Arabs, and the remaining 186 dunams being public lands.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 141
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 13
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 47
  4. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #180. Also gives cause of depopulation
  5. ^ Hadawi, 1970, total area of 2,714 dunams was divided as Arab owned 15 dunams, Jewish owned 2513 dunams, public 186 dunams
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Khalidi144 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).