Arab al-Fuqara
Arab al-Fuqara (Arabic: عرب الفقراء) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 10, 1948. At that time, the land records of the village consisted of a total area of 2,714 dunams, of which 2,513 were owned by Jews, 15 owned by Arabs, and the remaining 186 dunams being public lands.
Arab al-Fuqara
عرب الفقراء/الشيخ حلو | |
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| Etymology: Sheikh Helu, p.n | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Arab al-Fuqara (click the buttons) | |
Arab al-Fuqara Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°27′08″N 34°54′21″E | |
| Palestine grid | 140/206 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | April 10, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15 dunams (1.5 ha or 4 acres) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 310 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Hadera |
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