Qabba'a
Qabba'a
قبّاعة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Etymology: "large-headed" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Qabba'a (click the buttons) | |
Qabba'a Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°59′55″N 35°32′17″E / 32.99861°N 35.53806°E | |
| Palestine grid | 200/267 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 26, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 13,817 dunams (13.817 km2; 5.335 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 460 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Qabba'a was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Safad. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 26, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 6 km northeast of Safad.