Khirbat Iribbin

Khirbat Iribbin
خربة عربين
Iribbin, Khirbat
Village
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Khirbat Iribbin is located in Mandatory Palestine
Khirbat Iribbin
Khirbat Iribbin
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°04′50″N 35°13′41″E / 33.08056°N 35.22806°E / 33.08056; 35.22806
Palestine grid172/276
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictAcre
Date of depopulationOctober 31, 1948
Area
 • Total11,463 dunams (11.463 km2 or 4.426 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total360[1][2]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesAdamit,[3] Goren[3]

Khirbat Iribbin (Arabic: خربة عربي) or Khurbet 'Arubbin (meaning "The ruin of Arubbin"),[4] was a Palestinian Arab village in the Upper Galilee, located 23 km (14 mi) northeast of the city of Acre. In 1945, it had a built-up land area of over 2,000 dunums and a population of 360 Arab Muslims.

  1. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 5
  2. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 41. Includes 'Arab al-'Aramisha, Jurdayh, and Khirbat Idmith
  3. ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, pp. 17-18
  4. ^ Palmer, 1881, p.47

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