Al-Wayziyya
Al-Wayziyya (Arabic: الويزية) was a Palestinian village in the Safad Subdistrict, located south east of Yarda. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 1, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 8.5 km northeast of Safad.
Al-Wayziyya
الويزية Weiziya | |
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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-Wayziyya (click the buttons) | |
Al-Wayziyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°0′4″N 35°34′37″E | |
| Palestine grid | 204/267 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 1948 |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 100 |
In 1945, the village had a population of 100. A shrine for a local sage known as al-Shaykh al-Wayzi was located in the village.
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