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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 15, 1948
Distance from district center	23 (km) East of Acre
Elevation from the sea	350 meters
Map location	Click here for map location
Israeli military operation	Operation Dekel
Israeli attacking brigade	Sheva' (Seventh) Brigade
Village defenders	Local Palestinian militia and some Arab Liberation Army volunteers.
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been mostly left intact by the Zionists and is currently being occupied by its original inhabitants.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Nahf was partially ethnically cleansed.
Neighboring towns	Sajur, al-Bi'ana, Sayr al-Asad, Kasra, Sikhneen, and al-Rama.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 15,654 Jewish 0 Public 91 Total 15,745
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 1,088 Area planted w/ olives 400 Planted W/ Cereal 4,571 Built up 44 Cultivable 5,659 Non-Cultivable 10,042
Usurped Land as of 1972	12,804 Dunums
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 585 1922 818 1931 994 1945 1,320 1948 1,247 1949 1,172 1961 1,800 1987 4,600 1995 7,311 1999 8,475 2002 9,220 2007 10,732
Number of houses	In 1931 Nahf had 194 houses, in 1959 the village had 288 houses, and in 1967 the number of houses was increased to 428 houses.
Schools	In 1890, the Ottomans founded in Nahf an elementary school for boys, and in 1942-1943 it became a complete elementary school. For up to date account of Nafh's educational institutions, please click here.
Religious institutions	Nahf has two mosques:- the 1st is an old mosque located in the old section of the village, and the 2nd mosque , built in 1997, is known by Masjid al-Nur.
Shrines/maqams	Nahf has two shrines for a couple of leaders who died while battling the Crusades. The 1st Maqam is for Muhamad Rabea' located to the north, and the 2nd for al-Shaykh Mahmoud located to the east.
Water supplies	A nearby spring supplied the village with water, and in 1963 the village was connected to the local water network.
Archeological sites	The village has several ancient remains from the Middle Ages, which contain mosaics, a cemetary, as well as another archeological site to the North, known as al-Shaykh Rabiah and Auba cave (from Assyrian Period).
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Carmiel
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