Al-Zanghariyya

Al-Zanghariyya زُحلق/الزنغرية Zanghariya[1]
Village
Etymology: Arab ez Zengharîyeh, the Zengharîyeh Arabs, p.n.[2]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Zanghariyya (click the buttons)
Al-Zanghariyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°56′29″N 35°35′10″E / 32.94139°N 35.58611°E / 32.94139; 35.58611
Palestine grid	205/260
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	May 4, 1948[1]
Area
• Total	27,918 dunams (27.918 km2 or 10.779 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	840[3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary cause	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Elifelet[5]

Al-Zanghariyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 4, 1948, under Operation Matateh. It was located 8.5 km southeast of Safad, near Wadi al-Ghara. The village was later burned and destroyed on June 17, 1948.