Mi'ar

Mi'ar ميعار
Village
A wedding celebration in Mi'ar in 1937
Etymology: From personal name[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Mi'ar (click the buttons)
Mi'ar Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°52′27″N 35°14′47″E / 32.87417°N 35.24639°E / 32.87417; 35.24639
Palestine grid	173/253
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Acre
Date of depopulation	15–18 July 1948
Area [3]
• Total	10,788 dunams (10.788 km2 or 4.165 sq mi)
Population  (1944)
• Total	770[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Segev,[4] Ya'ad[4] Manof[4]

Mi'ar (Arabic: ميعار), was a Palestinian village located 17.5 kilometers east of Acre. Its population in 1945 was 770. The Crusaders referred to it as "Myary". By the 19th century, during Ottoman rule, it was a large Muslim village. The village was a center of Palestinian Arab rebel operations during the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine against British rule and consequently the village was completely dynamited by the British. Mi'ar was later restored, but it was depopulated by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The Jewish communities of Atzmon, Ya'ad and Manof are located on former village land.