Arab al-Samniyya
Arab al-Samniyya
عرب السمنية Arab al-Samniya | |
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1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Arab al-Samniyya (click the buttons) | |
Arab al-Samniyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°02′48″N 35°10′50″E / 33.04667°N 35.18056°E | |
| Palestine grid | 165/272 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Date of depopulation | 31 October 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.872 km2 (0.723 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 200 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Ya'ara |
Arab al-Samniyya (Arabic: عرب السمنية), also known as Khirbat al-Suwwana, was a Palestinian village in the Western Galilee that was captured and depopulated by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. It was located in the Acre District of the British Mandate of Palestine, 19.5 km northeast of the city of Acre. In 1945 the, village had a population of 200 Arab and a total land area of 1,872 dunums.