Qannir

Qannir
قنْير
Kannir
Village
Etymology: from personal name[1]
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Qannir is located in Mandatory Palestine
Qannir
Qannir
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°31′42″N 35°01′51″E / 32.52833°N 35.03083°E / 32.52833; 35.03083
Palestine grid153/214
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulation25 April 1948[4]
Area
 • Total10,826 dunams (10.826 km2 or 4.180 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total750[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall
Secondary causeFear of being caught up in the fighting
Current LocalitiesRegavim[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.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 147
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 14
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 48
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii village #171. Also gives causes of depopulation
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.181