Ubeidiya, Tiberias

Al-'Ubaydiyya
العبيدية
Village
Remains of a gristmill
Etymology: From personal name
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Ubeidiya, Tiberias (click the buttons)
Al-'Ubaydiyya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°41′21″N 35°33′42″E / 32.68917°N 35.56167°E / 32.68917; 35.56167
Palestine grid202/232
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictTiberias
Date of depopulationMarch 5, 1948
Area
 • Total
5,173 dunams (5.173 km2 or 1.997 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
870
Cause(s) of depopulationFear of being caught up in the fighting

Al-'Ubaydiyya (Arabic: العبيدية) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on March 3, 1948. It was located 11 km south of Tiberias, situated close to the Jordan River.

Today the site is a desolate hill named Tel Ubeidiya.

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