Al-Samra
Al-Samra (Arabic: السمرا) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated on April 21, 1948, during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 10 km southeast of Tiberias.
Al-Samra
السمرا | |
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Village | |
A 1914 Ottoman memorial for two killed pilots, 1,5 km east of the village site | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Samra (click the buttons) | |
Al-Samra Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°43′23″N 35°37′02″E | |
| Palestine grid | 208/236 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tiberias |
| Date of depopulation | April 21, 1948 |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 290 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | HaOn |
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