Al-Ghabisiyya
Al-Ghabisiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in northern Palestine, 16 km north-east of Acre in present-day Israel. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948-1950 period and remains deserted.
Al-Ghabisiyya
الغابسية El Ghabsiyeh | |
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| Etymology: from ghabus, "dusky, ashen, grey" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Ghabisiyya (click the buttons) | |
Al-Ghabisiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°00′02″N 35°09′00″E | |
| Palestine grid | 164/267 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Date of depopulation | May 1948, 1949 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,771 dunams (11.8 km2 or 4.6 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 690 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Netiv HaShayara |
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