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| Nahf District of Acre نحف - נחף Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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
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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 IsraelisThe village has been mostly left intact by the Zionists and is currently being occupied by its original inhabitants.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisNahf 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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| محمود ابوصالح | - | قريه نحف, نحف |
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| Hassan Kassem | Said | USA |
| Ayman Nazzal | Nazzal | BAHRAIN |
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