Fara, Safad
Fara | |
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Fara | |
Arabic | فارة |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Coordinates | 33°03′57.01″N 35°27′29.04″E / 33.0658361°N 35.4580667°ECoordinates: 33°03′57.01″N 35°27′29.04″E / 33.0658361°N 35.4580667°E |
Palestine grid | 193/274 |
Population | 320 (1945) |
Area |
7,229[1] dunams 7.23 km² |
Date of depopulation | October 30, 1948[2] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Fara (Arabic: فارة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 30, 1948 under Operation Hiram. It was located 11.5 km north of Safad on the Wadi al-Fara.
In 1596 it had a population of 281. In 1945 it had a population of 320.
References
Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
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