Al-Samakiyya
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Al-Samakiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 4, 1948, under Operation Matateh. It was located 11 km northeast of Tiberias, near the Wadi al-Wadabani. The village was located at Tel Hum, which has been identified with Capernaum.[6]
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Al-Samakiyya
تلحوم/السمكية | |
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Village | |
Etymology: ’Arab es Semakîyeh, the Semakîyeh (fisher) Arabs[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°53′02″N 35°34′41″E | |
Palestine grid | 204/254 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Tiberias |
Date of depopulation | Not known[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 10,526 dunams (10.526 km2 or 4.064 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 330 Muslims and 50 Christians connected to Capernaum ecclesiastic sites[4][3] |
Current Localities | Amnun,[5] Korazim[5] |
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