Al-Kafrayn

Al-Kafrayn

الكفرين
Kafrin, al-^[1]
Al-Kafrayn الكفرين Kafrin, al-
Village
	Children of Al-Kafrayn, around 1937
	Etymology: "The two villages"
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Kafrayn (click the buttons)
	Al-Kafrayn Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°34′25″N 35°07′08″E / 32.57361°N 35.11889°E
Palestine grid	161/219
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Date of depopulation	12–13 April 1948
Area
• Total	10,882 dunams (10.882 km2 or 4.202 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	920
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces

Al-Kafrayn (Arabic: الكفرين) was a Palestinian village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on 12 April 1948 as part of the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek. It was located 29.5 km southeast of Haifa.

^ ^a ^b Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #155. Also gives cause of depopulation
^ Palmer, 1881, p. 147
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 14
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 48

Al-Kafrayn الكفرين Kafrin, al-^[1]
Village
Children of Al-Kafrayn, around 1937
Etymology: "The two villages"^[2]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Kafrayn (click the buttons)
Al-Kafrayn Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°34′25″N 35°07′08″E / 32.57361°N 35.11889°E / 32.57361; 35.11889
Palestine grid	161/219
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Date of depopulation	12–13 April 1948^[1]
Area ^[4]
• Total	10,882 dunams (10.882 km² or 4.202 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	920^[3]^[4]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces