Lubya

Lubya لوبيا Lubiya, Lubia
Map of the area from the 1870s
Etymology: "Bean"[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Lubya (click the buttons)
Lubya Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°46′33″N 35°25′46″E / 32.77583°N 35.42944°E / 32.77583; 35.42944
Palestine grid	190/242
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Tiberias
Date of depopulation	July 16–17, 1948[3]
Area
• Total	39,629 dunams (39.629 km2 or 15.301 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	2,350[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Lavi, Lavi Pine Forest, South African Park

Lubya (Arabic: لوبيا "bean"), sometimes referred to as Lubia, Lubieh and Loubieh, was a Palestinian Arab town located ten kilometers west of Tiberias that was captured and destroyed by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War where its residents were forcefully evacuated and became refugees. Nearby villages included Nimrin to the north, Hittin to the northwest, and al-Shajara to the south; Each of those villages were also depopulated.^[5]

Lubya had a total land area of 39,629 dunams (3,963ha), of which 83% was Arab-owned and the remainder public property. Most of its cultivable land was planted with cereals while only 1,500 dunams (150 ha) were planted with olive groves. The village's built-up area was 210 dunams (21 ha).^[6][7][8]