Hunin
Hunin (Arabic: هونين) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Galilee Panhandle part of Mandatory Palestine close to the Lebanese border. It was the second largest village in the district of Safed, but was depopulated in 1948. The inhabitants of this village were, similar to the inhabitants of Southern Lebanon, Shia Muslims.
Hunin
هونين | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: from personal name, | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Hunin (click the buttons) | |
Hunin Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°13′8″N 35°32′43″E | |
| Palestine grid | 201/291 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | 3 May 1948 and September 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14,224 dunams (14.224 km2 or 5.492 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 1,620 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Secondary cause | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Misgav Am Margaliot |
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