Arab al-Fuqara
عرب الفقراء/الشيخ حلو | |
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| Etymology: Sheikh Helu, p.n[1] | |
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  Arab al-Fuqara Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°27′08″N 34°54′21″E / 32.45222°N 34.90583°E | |
| Palestine grid | 140/206 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | April 10, 1948[4] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15 dunams (1.5 ha or 4 acres) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 310[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Hadera[6] |
Arab al-Fuqara (Arabic: عرب الفقراء) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 10, 1948.[4] At that time, the land records of the village consisted of a total area of 2,714 dunams, of which 2,513 were owned by Jews, 15 owned by Arabs, and the remaining 186 dunams being public lands.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 141
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 13
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 47
- ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #180. Also gives cause of depopulation
- ^ Hadawi, 1970, total area of 2,714 dunams was divided as Arab owned 15 dunams, Jewish owned 2513 dunams, public 186 dunams
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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