Qannir
قنْير Kannir | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: from personal name[1] | |
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  Qannir Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°31′42″N 35°01′51″E / 32.52833°N 35.03083°E | |
| Palestine grid | 153/214 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | 25 April 1948[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,826 dunams (10.826 km2 or 4.180 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 750[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Secondary cause | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Current Localities | Regavim[5] |
Qannir (Arabic: قنْير) was a Palestinian village, located 35 kilometers south of Haifa. With 750 inhabitants in 1945, it was depopulated in the lead up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 147
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 14
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 48
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii village #171. Also gives causes of depopulation
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.181