Nimrin

Nimrin

نمرين
Nimrin نمرين
	Etymology: well-watered
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Nimrin (click the buttons)
	Nimrin Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°48′15″N 35°25′24″E / 32.80417°N 35.42333°E
Palestine grid	190/245
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Tiberias
Date of depopulation	16-17 July 1948
Area
• Total	12,019 dunams (12.019 km2 or 4.641 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	320
Cause(s) of depopulation	Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Secondary cause	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Achuzzat Naftali, IDF ammunition depot

Nimrin was a Palestinian Arab town of 320 that was captured and depopulated by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 132
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 12
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 72
^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #95, also causes of depopulation, with a "?"

Nimrin نمرين
Etymology: well-watered^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Nimrin (click the buttons)
Nimrin Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°48′15″N 35°25′24″E / 32.80417°N 35.42333°E / 32.80417; 35.42333
Palestine grid	190/245
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Tiberias
Date of depopulation	16-17 July 1948^[4]
Area ^[3]
• Total	12,019 dunams (12.019 km² or 4.641 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	320^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Secondary cause	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Achuzzat Naftali, IDF ammunition depot