Al-Sindiyana
Al-Sindiyana
السنديانة Sindiyana, Sindianeh | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: "the evergreen oak" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Sindiyana (click the buttons) | |
Al-Sindiyana Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°33′31″N 35°0′2″E / 32.55861°N 35.00056°E | |
| Palestine grid | 150/218 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | May 12–14, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 15,172 dunams (15.172 km2; 5.858 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,250 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Ethnic cleansing by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Aviel |
Al-Sindiyana (Arabic: السنديانة, Es Sindiyâna) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948. It was located 29 km south of Haifa.