Khubbayza

Khubbayza
خبْيزة
Khubbeiza
Village
Etymology: "March Mallow"[1]
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Khubbayza is located in Mandatory Palestine
Khubbayza
Khubbayza
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°33′22″N 35°03′56″E / 32.55611°N 35.06556°E / 32.55611; 35.06556
Palestine grid156/218
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulation12–14 May 1948[3]
Area
 • Total4,854 dunams (4.854 km2 or 1.874 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total290[2]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesNone

Khubbayza (Arabic: خبْيزة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict, located 29.5 kilometers (18.3 mi) southeast of Haifa. It was situated on hilly terrain, south of Wadi al-Sindiyana, between the Jezreel Valley with the Mediterranean coast. In 1945, it had a population of 290.[4] Khubbayza was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 12, 1948, in the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek.[5]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 150
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 14
  3. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #158. Also gives cause of depopulation
  4. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.172.
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.173.