Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 10, 1948
Distance from district center	11 (km) Northeast of Acre
Elevation from the sea	100 (meters)
Map location	See location number #18 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Dekel
Israeli attacking brigade	Sheva' (Seventh) Brigade and the First Battalion of the Carmeli Brigade.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	'Amqa was mostly destroyed with the exception of the its school and its mosque.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	'Amqa was mostly ethnically cleansed with the exception of its Druze inhabitants who still live nearby.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 6,060 Jewish 0 Public 8 Total 6,068
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 1,648 Area planted w/ olives 1,884 Planted W/ Cereal 3,348 Built up 36 Cultivable 4,996 Non-Cultivable 1,036
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 215 19th century 300 1931 894 1945 1,240 1948 1,438 Est. Refugees 1998 8,833
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 212 1948 341
Town's name through history	The Hebrews referred to the village by 'Emeq (which means valley in Hebrew), the Romans called it Kefar Amqa, and to the Crusaders it was known by Amca.
Schools	One elementary school for boys which was founded by the Ottomans in 1887, which remains standing to this date.
Religious institutions	'Amqa has one mosque which remains standing, but in need of serious renovation!
Archeological sites	Three khirbats lay within 'Amqa's vicinity that contains the foundations of buildings, well-chiseled building stones, presses, and a cistern.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	'Amqa
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More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The site is overgrown with wild grasses. Only the school and mosque are extant. The mosque is a stone structure surmounted with a dome. The school has a gabled roof and has been joined to some new annexes that were added by Israelis who now use the complex as a warehouse."