'Akbara

Akbara () is an Arab village in the Israeli municipality of Safed, which included in 2010 more than 200 families. It is 2.5 km south of Safed City. The village was rebuilt in 1977, close to the old village destroyed in 1948 during the 1947–1949 Palestine war.

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Place details

Locality: צפת
Region: מחוז הצפון
Country: ישראל
Population: 0

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Settlement.name: 'Akbara
Settlement.native_name: عكبرة
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Akbara ap 002.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Modern village of Akbara
Settlement.etymology: possibly from male jerboa
Settlement.pushpin_map: Mandatory Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Mandatory Palestine
Settlement.map_caption: A series of historical maps of the area around 'Akbara (click the buttons)
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 200
Settlement.grid_name: Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position: 197/260
Settlement.subdivision_type: Geopolitical entity
Settlement.subdivision_name: Mandatory Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Safad
Settlement.established_title1: Date of depopulation

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Contents

Location
History
Second Temple
Talmud
Caliphates and Crusaders
Ottoman Empire
British Mandate
Israel
See also
References
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== Location == The village of 'Akbara was situated 2.5 km south of Safad, along the two sides of a deep wadi that ran north–south. Southeast of the village lay ''Khirbet al-'Uqeiba, identified as the Roman village Achabare, or Acchabaron. This khirba'' was a populated village as late as 1904.