Al-Mansura, Acre
Al-Mansura
المنصورة | |
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Village | |
Maronite Church of Yohanna | |
| Etymology: Khirbet Mansura= The ruin of Mansura | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Mansura, Acre (click the buttons) | |
Al-Mansura Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°03′50″N 35°20′05″E / 33.06389°N 35.33472°E | |
| Palestine grid | 182/274 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Date of depopulation | Early November 1948 |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 2,300 (with nearby Fassuta and Dayr al-Qassi) |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Netu'a, Mattat, Abirim, Elkosh and Biranit |
Al-Mansura (Arabic: المنصورة) was a Palestinian village that was depopulated by the Israeli army during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. In 1945, it had a population of 2,300 together with the neighboring villages of Dayr al-Qassi (also depopulated) and Fassuta. The population was predominantly Christian and most its residents live in what is now the state of Israel.
It was situated on the northern end of a mountain in the Upper Galilee whose summit was behind the village to the south. It was connected to the coastal Acre-Ras al-Naqoura highway via a secondary road.