Al-Tira, Haifa

See Tira for other sites with similar names.

al-Tira الطيرة Tirat al-Lawz
Etymology: The Fortress[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Tira, Haifa (click the buttons)
al-Tira Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°45′43″N 34°58′31″E / 32.76194°N 34.97528°E / 32.76194; 34.97528
Palestine grid	148/240
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Date of depopulation	16 July 1948[3]
Area
• Total	45,262 dunams (45.262 km2 or 17.476 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	5,270[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	HaHotrim,[4][5] Tirat Carmel,[5] Megadim,[5] Kfar Galim,[5] Kfar Tzvi Sitrin[5]

al-Tira (Arabic: الطيرة, also called Tirat al-Lawz or "Tira of the almonds" to distinguish it from other al-Tiras) was a Palestinian town located 7 kilometres south of Haifa.^[6] It was made up of five khirbets, including Khirbat al-Dayr where lie the ruins of St. Brocardus monastery and a cave complex with vaulted tunnels.^[7]

The town’s inhabitants fled or were expelled during the war in 1947–1948, and the Israeli town Tirat Carmel was founded on its lands in 1949.^[8]