Khirbat Iribbin
خربة عربين Iribbin, Khirbat | |
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Village | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 33°04′50″N 35°13′41″E / 33.08056°N 35.22806°E | |
Palestine grid | 172/276 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Acre |
Date of depopulation | October 31, 1948 |
Area | |
• Total | 11,463 dunams (11.463 km2 or 4.426 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 360[1][2] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Adamit,[3] Goren[3] |
Khirbat Iribbin (Arabic: خربة عربي) or Khurbet 'Arubbin (meaning "The ruin of Arubbin"),[4] was a Palestinian Arab village in the Upper Galilee, located 23 km (14 mi) northeast of the city of Acre. In 1945, it had a built-up land area of over 2,000 dunums and a population of 360 Arab Muslims.