Khirbat Qumbaza
Khirbat Qumbaza was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict, located 21.5 km south of Haifa, 3 km away from Wadi al-Milh. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War in May 1948.
Khirbat Qumbaza | |
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| Etymology: Kumbazah, possibly from Persian for dome or cupola | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Qumbaza (click the buttons) | |
Khirbat Qumbaza Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°37′55″N 35°1′34″E | |
| Palestine grid | 152/226 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | May 1948 |
| Population (1931) | |
| • Total | 2,160 |
| Current Localities | Kerem Maharal |
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