Al-Mansura, Safad
Al-Mansura (Arabic: المنصوره) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was located 31 kilometres (19 mi) northeast of Safad on the Banyas River, to the south of what is now Dafna.
- See El Mansurah (disambiguation) for other sites with similar names.
Al-Mansura
المنصوره | |
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Village | |
Al-Mansura (Mansoura) marked on John MacGregor's map. January 1869. | |
| Etymology: Mansûr’s place | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Mansura, Safad (click the buttons) | |
Al-Mansura Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°12′59″N 35°38′26″E | |
| Palestine grid | 210/291 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 25, 1948 |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 360 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
| Current Localities | She'ar Yashuv |
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