Khirbet al-Wa'ra al-Sawda'
خربة الوعرة السوداء | |
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Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°50′02″N 35°28′51″E / 32.83389°N 35.48083°E | |
Palestine grid | 195/248 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Tiberias |
Date of depopulation | 2 November 1948[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 7,036 dunams (7.036 km2 or 2.717 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,870[1] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
Khirbat al-Wa'ra al-Sawda' (Arabic: خربة الوعرة السوداء) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. In 1945, the village had a population of 1,870 Arabs.[3] It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 18, 1948. It was located 7.5 km northeast of Tiberias. Some of the villagers fled to Syria while others migrated to the central Galilee.