Arab al-Shamalina

Arab al-Shamalina

عرب الشمالنة
Arab al-Shamalina عرب الشمالنة
	Etymology: Kh. Abu Zeineh, the ruin of Abu Zeineh, p.n.
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Arab al-Shamalina (click the buttons)
	Arab al-Shamalina Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°54′26″N 35°36′08″E / 32.90722°N 35.60222°E
Palestine grid	205/256
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	May 4, 1948
Population (1945)
• Total	650
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary cause	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Almagor

Arab al-Shamalina (Arabic: عرب الشمالنة) also known as Khirbat Abu Zayna was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 4, 1948, under Operation Matate (Broom), a sub operation of Operation Yiftach. It was located 13 km southeast of Safad near the Jordan River.

In 1945 it had a population of 650.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 128
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 69
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 9
^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii village #77. Also gives causes of depopulation
^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 435

Arab al-Shamalina عرب الشمالنة
Etymology: Kh. Abu Zeineh, the ruin of Abu Zeineh, p.n.^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Arab al-Shamalina (click the buttons)
Arab al-Shamalina Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°54′26″N 35°36′08″E / 32.90722°N 35.60222°E / 32.90722; 35.60222
Palestine grid	205/256
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	May 4, 1948^[4]
Population (1945)
• Total	650^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary cause	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Almagor^[5]