Iraq al-Manshiyya
Iraq al-Manshiyya
عراق المنشية 'Iraq al-Manshiya, Arak el Menshiyeh | |
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| Etymology: "The cliff of the place of growth" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Iraq al-Manshiyya (click the buttons) | |
Iraq al-Manshiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°36′30″N 34°46′59″E / 31.60833°N 34.78306°E | |
| Palestine grid | 129/112 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | February–June 1949 |
| Area | |
• Total | 17,901 dunams (17.901 km2; 6.912 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 2,010 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Gat, Kiryat Gat, Sde Moshe |
Iraq al-Manshiyya (Arabic: عراق المنشية) was a Palestinian Arab village located 32 km northeast of Gaza City. The village contained two mosques and a shrine for Shaykh Ahmad al-Arayni. It was depopulated after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.