Balad al-Sheikh
Balad al-Sheikh
بلد الشيخ Balad ash-Shaykh | |
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Village | |
A house from Balad ash-Sheikh, now Tel Hanan, Nesher | |
| Etymology: "The town of the sheikh" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Balad al-Sheikh (click the buttons) | |
Balad al-Sheikh Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°46′21″N 35°02′34″E / 32.77250°N 35.04278°E | |
| Palestine grid | 154/241 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | April 25, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,849 dunams (9.849 km2; 3.803 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 4,120 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Secondary cause | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | Nesher |
Balad al-Sheikh (traditional transliteration) or Balad ash-Shaykh (most recent form of transliteration; Arabic: بلد الشيخ) was a Palestinian Arab village located just north of Mount Carmel, 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) southeast of Haifa. Currently the town's land is located within the jurisdiction of the Israeli city, Nesher.