Al-Sammu'i
Al-Sammu'i (Arabic: السموعي) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948, under Operation Hiram. It was located 4 km west of Safad. Today, Kfar Shamai is built on the site of the old village, and Amirim is built on the southern part of the village land.
Al-Sammu'i
السموعي Sammu'i | |
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Village | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Sammu'i (click the buttons) | |
Al-Sammu'i Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°57′29″N 35°27′11″E | |
| Palestine grid | 192/262 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 12, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15,135 dunams (15.135 km2 or 5.844 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 310 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
In 1945, the village had a population of 310. Al-Sammu'i had a mosque and a shrine for a local sage known as al-Shaykh Muhammad al-'Ajami.
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