Al-Ashrafiyya

Al-Ashrafiyya

الأشرفية
Ashrafiya^[1]
Al-Ashrafiyya الأشرفية Ashrafiya
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Ashrafiyya (click the buttons)
	Al-Ashrafiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°28′12″N 35°28′17″E / 32.47000°N 35.47139°E
Palestine grid	194/208
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Baysan
Date of depopulation	May 12, 1948
Area
• Total	6,711 dunams (6.711 km2 or 2.591 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	230
Cause(s) of depopulation	Influence of nearby town's fall
Current Localities	Sheluhot, Reshafim

Al-Ashrafiyya (Arabic: الأشرفية), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 4.5 km southwest of Baysan.

The village was depopulated on May 12, 1948, during Operation Gideon. The village was completely destroyed and the inhabitants fled to Jordan.

^ ^a ^b Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #127. Also gives cause of depopulation, with a "?"
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
^ ^a ^b Khalidi, 1992, p. 44
^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, settlement #2
^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, settlement #3

Al-Ashrafiyya الأشرفية Ashrafiya^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Ashrafiyya (click the buttons)
Al-Ashrafiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°28′12″N 35°28′17″E / 32.47000°N 35.47139°E / 32.47000; 35.47139
Palestine grid	194/208
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Baysan
Date of depopulation	May 12, 1948^[1]
Area ^[3]
• Total	6,711 dunams (6.711 km² or 2.591 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	230^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Influence of nearby town's fall
Current Localities	Sheluhot,^[4]^[5] Reshafim^[4]^[6]