Al-Ghabisiyya

Al-Ghabisiyya

الغابسية
El Ghabsiyeh^[1]
Al-Ghabisiyya الغابسية El Ghabsiyeh
	Etymology: from ghabus, "dusky, ashen, grey"
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Ghabisiyya (click the buttons)
	Al-Ghabisiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 33°00′02″N 35°09′00″E / 33.00056°N 35.15000°E
Palestine grid	164/267
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Acre
Date of depopulation	May 1948, 1949
Area
• Total	11,771 dunams (11.8 km2 or 4.6 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	690
Cause(s) of depopulation	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Netiv HaShayara

Al-Ghabisiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in northern Palestine, 16 km north-east of Acre in present-day Israel. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948-1950 period of Palestinian expulsion and remains deserted.

^ ^a ^b Palmer, 1881, p. 42
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 40 Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #84. Also gives causes of depopulation
^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 15

Al-Ghabisiyya الغابسية El Ghabsiyeh^[1]
Etymology: from ghabus, "dusky, ashen, grey"^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Ghabisiyya (click the buttons)
Al-Ghabisiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°00′02″N 35°09′00″E / 33.00056°N 35.15000°E / 33.00056; 35.15000
Palestine grid	164/267
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Acre
Date of depopulation	May 1948, 1949^[4]
Area
• Total	11,771 dunams (11.8 km² or 4.6 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	690^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Netiv HaShayara^[5]