'Akbara
'Akbara
عكبرة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Modern village of Akbara | |
| Etymology: possibly from male jerboa | |
A series of historical maps of the area around 'Akbara (click the buttons) | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°56′22″N 35°29′58″E / 32.93944°N 35.49944°E | |
| Palestine grid | 197/260 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | 10 May 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,224 dunams (3.224 km2 or 1.245 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 390 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
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'Akbara (Arabic: عكبرة) is an Arab village in the Israeli municipality of Safed, which included in 2010 more than 200 families. It is 2.5 km south of Safed City. The village was rebuilt in 1977, close to the old village destroyed in 1948 during the 1947–1949 Palestine war.