Kafr Sabt
Kafr Sabt (Arabic: كفر سبت) was a Palestinian Arab village of nearly 500 situated on a sloping plain in the eastern Lower Galilee located 10.5 kilometers (6.5 mi) southwest of Tiberias. It was depopulated in 1948.
Kafr Sabt
كفر سبت Kafar Sabt | |
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Village | |
Kafr Sabt, from the air, 1937 | |
| Etymology: "Village of Sabbath" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Kafr Sabt (click the buttons) | |
Kafr Sabt Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°44′37″N 35°26′27″E | |
| Palestine grid | 191/238 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tiberias |
| Date of depopulation | April 22, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,850 dunams (9.85 km2 or 3.80 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 480 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | Sdeh Ilan, Ilaniya Sharona |
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