Lubya

Lubya
لوبيا
Lubiya, Lubia
Map of the area from the 1870s
Etymology: "Bean"
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Lubya (click the buttons)
Lubya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°46′33″N 35°25′46″E / 32.77583°N 35.42944°E / 32.77583; 35.42944
Palestine grid190/242
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictTiberias
Date of depopulationJuly 16–17, 1948
Area
 • Total
39,629 dunams (39.629 km2 or 15.301 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
2,350
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesLavi, Lavi Pine Forest, South African Park

Lubya (Arabic: لوبيا "bean"), sometimes referred to as Lubia, Lubieh and Loubieh, was a Palestinian Arab town located ten kilometers west of Tiberias that was captured, ethnically cleansed, and destroyed by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War where its residents were forcefully evacuated and became refugees. Nearby villages included Nimrin to the north, Hittin to the northwest, and al-Shajara to the south; Each of those villages were also ethnically cleansed.

Lubya had a total land area of 39,629 dunams (3,963ha), of which 83% was Palestinian-owned and the remainder public property. Most of its cultivable land was planted with cereals while only 1,500 dunams (150 ha) were planted with olive groves. The village's built-up area was 210 dunams (21 ha).

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