Tarbikha
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Tarbikha (), was a Palestinian Arab village. It was located northeast of Acre in the British Mandate District of Acre that was captured and depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The inhabitants of this village were, similar to the inhabitants of Southern Lebanon, Shia Muslims.
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- Locality
- מועצה אזורית מעלה יוסף
- Region
- מחוז הצפון
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 353
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Acre Subdistrict
- Population
- 1000
- Area
- 18.563
- Elevation
- 550
- Image
- שומרה.JPG
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- Tarbikha
- native label
- تربيخا
- replaced by
- Shomera
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Ottoman era
- British Mandate era
- 1948 war and aftermath
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Tarbikha (), was a Palestinian Arab village. It was located northeast of Acre in the British Mandate District of Acre that was captured and depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The inhabitants of this village were, similar to the inhabitants of Southern Lebanon, Shia Muslims.
==History== Three sarcophagi were found on the south side of the village. A semi-circular pool, cisterns and tombs were also found.
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