Yubla

Yubla (Arabic: يبلى, known to the Crusaders as Hubeleth), was a Palestinian village, located 9 kilometers north of Bisan in present-day Israel. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

Yubla
يبلى
Hubeleth
Village
Etymology: Kh. Yebla, the ruin of Yebla, p.n.
1870s map
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A series of historical maps of the area around Yubla (click the buttons)
Yubla
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°34′36″N 35°28′10″E
Palestine grid194/220
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictBaysan
Date of depopulation16 May 1948
Area
  Total5,165 dunams (5.165 km2 or 1.994 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
  Total210
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall
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