Al-Sumayriyya
Al-Sumayriyya (Arabic: السُميريه, Katasir in Canaanite times, Someleria during Crusader rule), was a Palestinian village located six kilometers north of Acre that was depopulated after it was captured by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The ruins of the village are today in the outskirts of the Israeli moshav of Regba.
al-Sumayriyya
السُميريه Someleria, Katasir | |
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The aqueduct in al-Sumayriyya | |
| Etymology: "Tawny" or "Brown" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Sumayriyya (click the buttons) | |
al-Sumayriyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°58′22″N 35°05′36″E | |
| Palestine grid | 159/264 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Date of depopulation | 14 May 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,542 dunams (8.542 km2 or 3.298 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 760 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Regba, Lohamei HaGeta'ot, Shomrat |
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