Meiron

Meiron
ميرون
Mirun, Meron, Meroon, Marun, Meirun, Mairun
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Meiron
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°58′56″N 35°26′17″E / 32.98222°N 35.43806°E / 32.98222; 35.43806
Palestine grid191/265
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationMay 10–12, 1948
Area
 • Total
14,114 dunams (14.114 km2 or 5.449 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
290
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall
Current LocalitiesMeron

Meiron (Arabic: ميرون, Mayrûn; Hebrew: מירון הקדומה) located 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) west of Safad. Associated with the ancient Canaanite city of Merom, excavations at the site have found extensive remains from the Hellenistic and Early Roman periods. The remains include a 3rd-century synagogue, attesting to Meiron's prominence as a local religious centre..

From the 13th century CE onward, Meiron was a popular site for Jewish pilgrims. During Ottoman rule in Palestine, the population fluctuated considerably, with at least two-thirds of the population being Arab Muslims although landownership was split almost evenly between Arabs and Jews. The village was depopulated in two phases during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. In 1949, demobilized soldiers founded the moshav of Meron in the region.

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