Iraq al-Manshiyya

Iraq al-Manshiyya
عراق المنشية
'Iraq al-Manshiya, Arak el Menshiyeh
Etymology: "The cliff of the place of growth"
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Iraq al-Manshiyya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°36′30″N 34°46′59″E / 31.60833°N 34.78306°E / 31.60833; 34.78306
Palestine grid129/112
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulationFebruary–June 1949
Area
  Total
17,901 dunams (17.901 km2 or 6.912 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
  Total
2,010
Cause(s) of depopulationExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesGat, Kiryat Gat, Sde Moshe

Iraq al-Manshiyya (Arabic: عراق المنشية) was a Palestinian Arab village located 32 km northeast of Gaza City. The village contained two mosques and a shrine for Shaykh Ahmad al-Arayni. It was depopulated after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.