Khirbat al-Wa'ra al-Sawda'

Khirbet al-Wa'ra al-Sawda' خربة الوعرة السوداء
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat al-Wa'ra al-Sawda' (click the buttons)
Khirbet al-Wa'ra al-Sawda' Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°50′02″N 35°28′51″E / 32.83389°N 35.48083°E / 32.83389; 35.48083
Palestine grid	195/248
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Tiberias
Date of depopulation	2 November 1948[2]
Area
• Total	7,036 dunams (7.036 km2 or 2.717 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	1,870[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Expulsion by Yishuv forces

Khirbat al-Wa'ra al-Sawda' (Arabic: خربة الوعرة السوداء) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. In 1945, the village had a population of 1,870 Arabs.^[3] It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 18, 1948. It was located 7.5 km northeast of Tiberias. Some of the villagers fled to Syria while others migrated to the central Galilee.