Ubeidiya, Tiberias
Al-'Ubaydiyya
العبيدية | |
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Village | |
Remains of a gristmill | |
| Etymology: From personal name | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Ubeidiya, Tiberias (click the buttons) | |
Al-'Ubaydiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°41′21″N 35°33′42″E / 32.68917°N 35.56167°E | |
| Palestine grid | 202/232 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tiberias |
| Date of depopulation | March 5, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,173 dunams (5.173 km2; 1.997 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 870 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Al-'Ubaydiyya (Arabic: العبيدية) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on March 3, 1948. It was located 11 km south of Tiberias, situated close to the Jordan River.
Today the site is a desolate hill named Tel Ubeidiya.