Ayn al-Mansi
عين المنسي 'Ein al-Mansi | |
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| Etymology: el Mensi= "the forgotten"[1] | |
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  Ayn al-Mansi Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°35′36″N 35°10′38″E / 32.59333°N 35.17722°E | |
| Palestine grid | 166/222 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jenin |
| Date of depopulation | mid-April 1948[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,295 dunams (1.295 km2 or 320 acres) |
| Population | |
• Total | 90 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Ayn al-Mansi (Arabic: عين المنسي, Ein el Mansî) was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jenin of the Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated as a result of a military attack in mid-April during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine.[2]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 151
- ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #386. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16 Archived 2018-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 54 Also gives total land area in dunums.