Al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta

Al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta
Al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta
Arabic الظاهرية التحته
Also spelled Dhahiriya Tahta[1]
Subdistrict Safad
Coordinates 32°57′46.8″N 35°29′11.9″E / 32.963000°N 35.486639°E / 32.963000; 35.486639Coordinates: 32°57′46.8″N 35°29′11.9″E / 32.963000°N 35.486639°E / 32.963000; 35.486639
Palestine grid 195/263
Area 16,304 dunams
Date of depopulation 10 May 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation Influence of nearby town's fall

Al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta (Arabic: الظاهرية التحته) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War. The village was located 1 km west of Safad and covered an area of 16,304 dunums.

References

  1. 1 2 Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #58. Also gives cause of depopulation

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