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| Wadi 'Ara District of Haifa وادي عارة - ואדי עארה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
February 27, 1948
Distance from district center
38.5 (km) South of Haifa
Elevation from the sea
75 (meters)
Map location
See location number #47 on the map
Defenders
Arab Liberation Army
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of two village houses.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisOn 27th of February 1948, Wadi 'Ara was mostly ethnically cleansed, and few villagers were allowed to stay until July 1949, then the village was completely cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
7,846
Jewish
1,949
Public
0
Total
9,795
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Planted W/ Cereal
6,400
1,949
Cultivable
6,400
1,949
Non-Cultivable
1,446
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
68
1931
81
1945
230
1948
4,267
Est. Refugees 1998
1,638
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
18
1948
948
Town's name through history
The village was named after the nearby Wadi 'Ara.
Nearby wadies & rivers
The village overlooked Wadi 'Ara.
Archeological sites
Wadi 'Ara had Tall al-'Asawir which contained burial caves dating from the fourth to the second millennium B.C.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
'En 'Iron, Kibbutz Barqay, & Ma'anit
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External Links
Arabic
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The site is occupied by Kibbutz Barqay. Only two village houses remain, both on the eastern edge of the site. One of them has arched windows and a spiral staircase leading up to a room on the roof. The second has a large entrance that is used today as a gate for the kibbutz's swimming pool."
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