Khirbat Iribbin
Khirbat Iribbin (Arabic: خربة عربي) or Khurbet 'Arubbin (meaning "The ruin of Arubbin"), was a Palestinian Arab village in the Upper Galilee, located 23 km (14 mi) northeast of the city of Acre. In 1945, it had a built-up land area of over 2,000 dunums and a population of 360 Arab Muslims.
Khirbat Iribbin
خربة عربين Iribbin, Khirbat | |
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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 Khirbat Iribbin (click the buttons) | |
Khirbat Iribbin Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°04′50″N 35°13′41″E | |
| Palestine grid | 172/276 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Date of depopulation | October 31, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,463 dunams (11.463 km2 or 4.426 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 360 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Adamit, Goren |
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