Al-Dalhamiyya
Al-Dalhamiyya (Arabic: الدلهمية) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 15, 1948, under Operation Gideon. It was located 14 km south of Tiberias, on the north bank of the Yarmuk River, on the border between Mandatory Palestine and Transjordan.
Al-Dalhamiyya
الدلهمية | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: from a family name | |
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Dalhamiyya (click the buttons) | |
Al-Dalhamiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°39′38″N 35°35′52″E | |
| Palestine grid | 204/230 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tiberias |
| Date of depopulation | April 15, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,852 dunams (2.852 km2 or 1.101 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 410 |
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