Khirbat Qumbaza

Khirbat Qumbaza
Etymology: Kumbazah, possibly from Persian for dome or cupola
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Qumbaza (click the buttons)
Khirbat Qumbaza
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°37′55″N 35°1′34″E / 32.63194°N 35.02611°E / 32.63194; 35.02611
Palestine grid152/226
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulationMay 1948
Population
 (1931)
 • Total
2,160
Current LocalitiesKerem Maharal

Khirbat Qumbaza was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict, located 21.5 km (13.4 mi) south of Haifa, 3 km (1.9 mi) away from Wadi al-Milh. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War in May 1948.

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