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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 15, 1948
Distance from district center	17.5 (km) Southeast of Acre
Elevation from the sea	275 (meters)
Map location	See location number #25 on the map
Israeli military operation	Second stage of Operation Dekel
Israeli attacking brigade	Sheva' (Seventh) Brigade
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Mi'ar was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Mi'ar inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 10,785 Jewish 0 Public 3 Total 10,788
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 113 Area planted w/ olives 361 Planted W/ Cereal 2,878 Built up 37 Cultivable 2,991 Non-Cultivable 7,760
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 55 19th century 1,500 1922 429 1931 543 1945 770 1948 893 Est. Refugees 1998 5,485
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 109 1948 179
Town's name through history	The Crusades referred to Mi'ar by Myary.
Schools	An elementary school which was founded by the Ottomans in 1888, however, it closed its doors in the final years of the Empire.
Archeological sites	Mi'ar contains the remains of buildings, fragments of columns, olive presses, and cisterns.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Segev, Ya'ad, and Manof.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in 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:
"Some truncated stone walls, simple graves, and fig and olive trees remain on the site"

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
العهد	haibai	-
jamal turkey	turkey	sha'ap, pl-1948
Sahar Miari	Mi3ar	-
fayad	-	israel, israel
moatasem alhebi	-	-
alhebi fouad	Alhebi	Germany

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