Ghuwayr Abu Shusha
Ghuwayr Abu Shusha
غُويّر أبو شوشة | |
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Maqam Sheikh Abu Shusha | |
| Etymology: from personal name; meaning the “father of” wearing “a top knot” | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Ghuwayr Abu Shusha (click the buttons) | |
Ghuwayr Abu Shusha Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°51′13″N 35°30′26″E / 32.85361°N 35.50722°E | |
| Palestine grid | 197/251 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tiberias |
| Date of depopulation | 21 and 28 April 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,609 dunams (8.609 km2; 3.324 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,240 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Secondary cause | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | Ginosar, Livnim |
Ghuwayr Abu Shusha was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 21, 1948. It was located 8 km north of Tiberias, nearby Wadi Rubadiyya.