Al-Samra

Al-Samra
السمرا
Village
A 1914 Ottoman memorial for two killed pilots, 1,5 km east of the village site
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Samra (click the buttons)
Al-Samra
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°43′23″N 35°37′02″E / 32.72306°N 35.61722°E / 32.72306; 35.61722
Palestine grid208/236
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictTiberias
Date of depopulationApril 21, 1948
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
290
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall
Current LocalitiesHaOn

Al-Samra (Arabic: السمرا) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated on April 21, 1948, during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 10 km southeast of Tiberias.

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