Tabgha

Tabgha
Tabgha in 1903
Tabgha in 1903
Etymology: From the Greek name "Heptapegon", lit. "seven springs".
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Tabgha (click the buttons)
Tabgha is located in Mandatory Palestine
Tabgha
Tabgha
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°52′10″N 35°32′37″E / 32.86944°N 35.54361°E / 32.86944; 35.54361
Palestine grid201/252
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictTiberias
Area
[1][2]
 • Total5,389 dunams (5.389 km2 or 2.081 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total330[1][2]
^ includes Tell el Hunud and Khan el Minya
Church of the Multiplication
Church courtyard with olive tree.

Tabgha (Arabic: الطابغة, al-Tabigha; Hebrew: עין שבע, Ein Sheva which means "spring of seven") is an area situated on the north-western shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel and a depopulated Palestinian village. It is traditionally accepted as the place of the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes (Mark 6:30-46) and the fourth resurrection appearance of Jesus (John 21:1-24) after his Crucifixion. The village population was expelled in 1948 during Operation Broom.

  1. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 12
  2. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 73