Al-Dawwara
Al-Dawwara
الدوّارة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Al-Dawwara, 1946 | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Dawwara (click the buttons) | |
Al-Dawwara Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°10′43″N 35°38′02″E / 33.17861°N 35.63389°E | |
| Palestine grid | 209/287 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 25, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,753 dunams (2.753 km2; 1.063 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 700 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
| Current Localities | ‘Amir, Sde Nehemia |
Al-Dawwara (Arabic: الدوّارة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 25, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 27 km northeast of Safad, bordering three rivers that flowed into lake al-Hula: the al-Hasbani, Banyas, and Dan rivers.
In 1945 the village had a population of 1,100 (this figure included 400 Jewish residents of the Kibbutzim ‘Amir and Sde Nehemia).