Al-Nuqayb

Al-Nuqayb
Village
Villagers of Al-Nuqayb, 1939
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Nuqayb (click the buttons)
Al-Nuqayb Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°47′57″N 35°38′25″E / 32.79917°N 35.64028°E / 32.79917; 35.64028
Palestine grid	210/245
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Tiberias
Date of depopulation	May 14, 1948[3]
Area
• Total	976 dunams (97.6 ha or 241 acres)
Population  (1945)
• Total	310[1][2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Ein Gev[4]

Al-Nuqayb was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15, 1948. It was located 10 km east across the lake from Tiberias. bordering the Wadi al-Muzaffar and Wadi Samakh. al-Nuqayb was named after the Bedouin tribe of 'Arab al-Nuqayb.