Khirbat Al-Mansura
خربة المنصورة | |
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Village | |
Etymology: Jelamet el Mansûrah, the hill of Mansûreh [1] | |
Location within
Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°40′28″N 35°05′59″E / 32.67444°N 35.09972°E | |
Palestine grid | 159/231 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Haifa |
Date of depopulation | April 28, 1948 |
Khirbat Al-Mansura was a Palestinian village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was probably depopulated during an offensive by the Carmeli Brigade at the end of April 1948. It was located 18.5 km southeast of Haifa with a mostly Druze population. [2] Khirbat Al-Mansura contained the ruins of building foundations and rock-cut tombs.
In 1863, the Victor Guérin described El Mansoura as a small Druze village. [3]
In the 1931 census of Palestine it was counted under Daliyat al-Karmel, together with Deir el Muhraqa. [4]
Khirbat Al-Mansura
خربة المنصورة | |
---|---|
Village | |
Etymology: Jelamet el Mansûrah, the hill of Mansûreh [1] | |
Location within
Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°40′28″N 35°05′59″E / 32.67444°N 35.09972°E | |
Palestine grid | 159/231 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Haifa |
Date of depopulation | April 28, 1948 |
Khirbat Al-Mansura was a Palestinian village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was probably depopulated during an offensive by the Carmeli Brigade at the end of April 1948. It was located 18.5 km southeast of Haifa with a mostly Druze population. [2] Khirbat Al-Mansura contained the ruins of building foundations and rock-cut tombs.
In 1863, the Victor Guérin described El Mansoura as a small Druze village. [3]
In the 1931 census of Palestine it was counted under Daliyat al-Karmel, together with Deir el Muhraqa. [4]