Arab al-Shamalina
Arab al-Shamalina
عرب الشمالنة | |
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| Etymology: Kh. Abu Zeineh, the ruin of Abu Zeineh, p.n. | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Arab al-Shamalina (click the buttons) | |
Arab al-Shamalina Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°54′26″N 35°36′08″E / 32.90722°N 35.60222°E | |
| Palestine grid | 205/256 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 4, 1948 |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 650 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Secondary cause | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Almagor |
Arab al-Shamalina (Arabic: عرب الشمالنة) also known as Khirbat Abu Zayna was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 4, 1948, under Operation Matate (Broom), a sub operation of Operation Yiftach. It was located 13 km southeast of Safad near the Jordan River.
In 1945 it had a population of 650.