Al-Kafrayn

Al-Kafrayn
الكفرين
Kafrin, al-[1]
Village
Children of Al-Kafrayn, around 1937
Children of Al-Kafrayn, around 1937
Etymology: "The two villages"[2]
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Al-Kafrayn is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Kafrayn
Al-Kafrayn
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°34′25″N 35°07′08″E / 32.57361°N 35.11889°E / 32.57361; 35.11889
Palestine grid161/219
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulation12–13 April 1948[1]
Area
 • Total10,882 dunams (10.882 km2 or 4.202 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total920[3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces

Al-Kafrayn (Arabic: الكفرين) was a Palestinian village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on 12 April 1948 as part of the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek. It was located 29.5 km southeast of Haifa.

  1. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #155. Also gives cause of depopulation
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 147
  3. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 14
  4. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 48

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