Mansurat al-Khayt
- See Mansura (disambiguation) for other sites with similar names.
Mansurat al-Khayt
منصورة الخيط Mansurat al Kheit | |
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Village | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Mansurat al-Khayt (click the buttons) | |
Mansurat al-Khayt Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°58′15″N 35°36′58″E / 32.97083°N 35.61611°E | |
| Palestine grid | 207/264 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | January 18, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,735 dunams (6.735 km2; 2.600 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 200 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Kfar Hanassi? However, Khalidi writes that it is on the land of Tuba |
Mansurat al-Khayt was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on January 18, 1948. It was located 11.5 km east of Safed, 1 km west of the Jordan River.