Arab al-Fuqara

Arab al-Fuqara
عرب الفقراء/الشيخ حلو
Etymology: Sheikh Helu, p.n
1870s map
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Arab al-Fuqara
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°27′08″N 34°54′21″E / 32.45222°N 34.90583°E / 32.45222; 34.90583
Palestine grid140/206
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulationApril 10, 1948
Area
 • Total
15 dunams (1.5 ha; 3.7 acres)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
310
Cause(s) of depopulationExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesHadera

Arab al-Fuqara (Arabic: عرب الفقراء) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 10, 1948. At that time, the land records of the village consisted of a total area of 2,714 dunams, of which 2,513 were owned by Jews, 15 owned by Arabs, and the remaining 186 dunams being public lands.