Al-Manshiyya, Tulkarm

Al-Manshiyya
المنشية
Khirbet Manshiya[1]
Village
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Al-Manshiyya is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Manshiyya
Al-Manshiyya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°23′40″N 34°56′5″E / 32.39444°N 34.93472°E / 32.39444; 34.93472
Palestine grid144/200
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictTulkarm
Date of depopulationApril 15, 1948[1]
Area
 • Total16,770 dunams (16.77 km2 or 6.47 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total260[2]
Cause(s) of depopulationFear of being caught up in the fighting
Current LocalitiesEin ha-Horesh,[3] Giv'at Chayirn,[3] and Ahituv[3]

Al-Manshiyya (Arabic: المنشية), also known as Khirbat Manshiyya, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 15, 1948, under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 12.5 km northwest of Tulkarm.

  1. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #184. Also gives cause of depopulation
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21
  3. ^ a b c Khalidi, 1992, p. 557

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