Iraq al-Manshiyya

Iraq al-Manshiyya
عراق المنشية
'Iraq al-Manshiya, Arak el Menshiyeh[1]
Etymology: "The cliff of the place of growth"[1]
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Iraq al-Manshiyya is located in Mandatory Palestine
Iraq al-Manshiyya
Iraq al-Manshiyya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°36′30″N 34°46′59″E / 31.60833°N 34.78306°E / 31.60833; 34.78306
Palestine grid129/112
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulationFebruary–June 1949[4]
Area
 • Total17,901 dunams (17.901 km2 or 6.912 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total2,010[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesGat,[5] Kiryat Gat,[5] Sde Moshe[5]

Iraq al-Manshiyya (Arabic: عراق المنشية) was a Palestinian Arab village located 32 km northeast of Gaza City. The village contained two mosques and a shrine for Shaykh Ahmad al-Arayni.[3][6] It was depopulated after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

  1. ^ a b Palmer, 1881, p. 365
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
  3. ^ a b c Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village number 320. Also gives the cause for depopulation
  5. ^ a b c Khalidi, 1992, p. 108
  6. ^ Iraq al-Manshiyya Town Statistics and Facts