Al-Birwa
Vanished settlement · Mandatory Palestine
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- 1,460
- Coordinates
- 32.905, 35.180
Why it was abandoned
💥 War & expulsion
Detected automatically from the text: The village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
History
Al-Birwa was a Palestinian Arab village, located 10.5 kilometers (6.5 mi) east of Acre (Akka). In 1945, it had a population of 1,460, of whom the majority were Muslims and a significant minority, Christians. Its total land area consisted of 13,542 dunams. The village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.