Al-Kafrayn
الكفرين Kafrin, al-[1] | |
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Village | |
![]() Children of Al-Kafrayn, around 1937 | |
Etymology: "The two villages"[2] | |
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Kafrayn (click the buttons) | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°34′25″N 35°07′08″E / 32.57361°N 35.11889°E | |
Palestine grid | 161/219 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Haifa |
Date of depopulation | 12–13 April 1948[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 10,882 dunams (10.882 km2 or 4.202 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 920[3][4] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military 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.
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