Al-Hamma, Tiberias
Al-Hamma (Arabic: الحمّة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southeast of Tiberias. It was situated on a narrow salient in the Yarmouk Valley bounded by Syria to the north and Transjordan to the south and east. Al-Hamma was one of the stations on the Jezreel Valley railway, linking the Hejaz Railway to Haifa. It was depopulated twice, once in July 1949, and again between 1949 and 1956.
Al-Hamma
الحمّة El Hamma, El Hammé | |
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Former railway station of Al-Hamma, with a sign in Arabic reading "al-Hama". | |
Al-Hamma | |
| Coordinates: 32°41′10″N 35°39′51″E | |
| Palestine grid | 212/232 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tiberias |
| Date of depopulation | July 1949 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,692 dunams (1.692 km2 or 418 acres) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 290 |
| Current Localities | Hamat Gader |
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