Mallaha
Mallaha (Arabic: ملاّحة) was a Palestinian Arab village, located 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) northeast of Safed, on the highway between the latter and Tiberias. 'Ain Mallaha is the local Arabic name for a spring that served as the water source for the village inhabitants throughout the ages. It is also one of the names used in English to refer to the ancient Natufian era settlement at the site.
Mallaha
ملاّحة | |
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Bundles of dried papyrus being loaded onto a lorry. Mallaha, circa 1936. | |
| Etymology: "the salty site" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Mallaha (click the buttons) | |
Mallaha Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°05′24″N 35°34′55″E | |
| Palestine grid | 204/277 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | 25 May 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,168 dunams (2.168 km2 or 536 acres) |
| Population (1931) | |
| • Total | 654 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
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