Balad al-Sheikh

Balad al-Sheikh

بلد الشيخ
Balad ash-Shaykh
Balad al-Sheikh بلد الشيخ Balad ash-Shaykh
Village
	A house from Balad ash-Sheikh, now Tel Hanan, Nesher
	Etymology: "The town of the sheikh"
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Balad al-Sheikh (click the buttons)
	Balad al-Sheikh Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°46′21″N 35°02′34″E / 32.77250°N 35.04278°E
Palestine grid	154/241
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Date of depopulation	April 25, 1948
Area
• Total	9,849 dunams (9.849 km2 or 3.803 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	4,120
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary cause	Influence of nearby town's fall
Current Localities	Nesher

Balad al-Sheikh (traditional transliteration) or Balad ash-Shaykh (most recent form of transliteration; Arabic: بلد الشيخ) was a Palestinian Arab village located just north of Mount Carmel, 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) southeast of Haifa. Currently the town's land is located within the jurisdiction of the Israeli city, Nesher.^[5]

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 107
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 13
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 47
^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #144. Also gives causes of depopulation
^ ^a ^b Khalidi, 1992, p. 154

[1] Palmer, 1881, p. 107

[DoS1945p13-2] Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 13

[Hadawi47-3] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 47

[4] Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #144. Also gives causes of depopulation

[Khalidi154-5] Khalidi, 1992, p. 154

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Balad al-Sheikh بلد الشيخ Balad ash-Shaykh
Village
A house from Balad ash-Sheikh, now Tel Hanan, Nesher
Etymology: "The town of the sheikh"^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Balad al-Sheikh (click the buttons)
Balad al-Sheikh Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°46′21″N 35°02′34″E / 32.77250°N 35.04278°E / 32.77250; 35.04278
Palestine grid	154/241
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Date of depopulation	April 25, 1948^[4]
Area ^[3]
• Total	9,849 dunams (9.849 km² or 3.803 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	4,120^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary cause	Influence of nearby town's fall
Current Localities	Nesher^[5]

Balad al-Sheikh

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