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| al-Sumayriyya District of Acre السُميريه - א-סומיריה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 14, 1948
Distance from district center
6 (km) North of Acre
Elevation from the sea
25 (meters)
Map location
See location number #20 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Ben-Ami
Israeli attacking brigade
Carmeli Brigade
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelisal-Sumayriyya was mostly destroyed with the exception of its mosque.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Sumayriyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
7,935
Jewish
0
Public
607
Total
8,542
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
632
Irrigated & Plantation
354
Area planted w/ olives
200
Planted W/ Cereal
6,870
Built up
28
Cultivable
7,856
Non-Cultivable
658
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
19th century
200
1931
391
1945
760
1948
882
Est. Refugees 1998
5,414
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
92
1948
207
Town's name through history
al-Sumayriyya may have been called Katasir during the Canaanite period. It's subsequent name was possibly derived from the one of the jewish sect of the Samartians, who were ethnically cleansed out of the Acre area by Ahmad Basha al-Jazzar in the late 18th Century. They moved to the Nablus district, now in the occupied West Bank, where they still live as Palestinian citizens with full rights. By the Crusaders, the village was called Someleria.
Schools
al-Sumayriyya had an elementary school for boys, which was founded in 1943. In 1945, it had an enrollment of 60 students!
Religious institutions
One mosque which remains to this date, however, it needs serious renovations guys!
Archeological sites
Tall al-Sumayriyya contains carved stones, a mosaic floor, tombs, columns, and stone capitals. Khirbat Abu 'Ataba has an Islamic shrine and ceramic fragments.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
ha-Geta'ot and Shamrat
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"One room from the mosque, portions of a building, segments of walls and arches from fallen houses, and graves are all that remain of al-Sumayriyya. The remaining part of the mosque is a square stone building with a flat roof that is supported on girders and crossbeams."
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