Al-Nuqayb

Al-Nuqayb
Village
Villagers of Al-Nuqayb, 1939
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Nuqayb (click the buttons)
Al-Nuqayb
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°47′57″N 35°38′25″E / 32.79917°N 35.64028°E / 32.79917; 35.64028
Palestine grid210/245
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictTiberias
Date of depopulationMay 14, 1948
Area
 • Total
976 dunams (97.6 ha; 241 acres)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
310
Cause(s) of depopulationExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesEin Gev

Al-Nuqayb was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15, 1948. It was located 10 km east across the lake from Tiberias. bordering the Wadi al-Muzaffar and Wadi Samakh. al-Nuqayb was named after the Bedouin tribe of 'Arab al-Nuqayb.