Ma'dhar
Ma'dhar was a Palestinian village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948, by the Golani Brigade of Operation Gideon. It was located 12.5 km southwest of Tiberias.
Ma'dhar | |
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| Etymology: from personal name, | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Ma'dhar (click the buttons) | |
Ma'dhar Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°41′35″N 35°27′51″E | |
| Palestine grid | 193/233 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tiberias |
| Date of depopulation | April 6, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,666 dunams (11.666 km2 or 4.504 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 480 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Abandonment on Arab orders |
| Current Localities | Kefar Qish |
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