Fara, Safad

Fara

فارة
Fara فارة
Village
	Etymology: Farah, The highest parts of a mountain
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Fara, Safad (click the buttons)
	Fara Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 33°03′57″N 35°27′29″E / 33.06583°N 35.45806°E
Palestine grid	193/274
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	October 30, 1948
Population (1945)
• Total	320
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces

Fara (Arabic: فارة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 30, 1948, under Operation Hiram. It was located 11.5 km north of Safad on the Wadi al-Fara.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 72
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 9
^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #35. Also gives cause of depopulation.
^ | unit_pref = dunam | area_total_dunam = 7,229Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 69

Fara فارة
Village
Etymology: Farah, The highest parts of a mountain^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Fara, Safad (click the buttons)
Fara Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°03′57″N 35°27′29″E / 33.06583°N 35.45806°E / 33.06583; 35.45806
Palestine grid	193/274
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	October 30, 1948^[3]
Population (1945)
• Total	320^[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces