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Palestinian Cities: Heart of the Nation, Soul of Civilization

Throughout history, the Palestinian city has been far more than just buildings and streets. It has been the cradle of civilizations, a center of learning, a hub for trade, and a beacon of culture and identity. These cities were full of life—home to markets, schools, places of worship, and the shared dreams of their people.


On this sacred land, Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) was born, and from it, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) ascended to the heavens. Every alley tells a story. Every stone holds a memory. From triumphs to tragedies, from deep-rooted traditions to moments of resistance, the Palestinian city carries it all.


Its soil carries the scent of musk—soaked with sacrifice and honor. Its waters run pure, like springs of paradise or Zamzam, refreshing the soul and reviving hope. Yet, despite all its beauty, occupation came—trying to change the names, erase the language, suppress the identity, and replace heritage with foreign narratives.


But the people stood firm. They resisted not only with courage, but with education, culture, storytelling, art, and heritage. They taught their children that a city is not just a place—it’s pride, memory, and a home that lives within the heart, even when occupied.


Today, with greater awareness and a new generation carrying the torch, we are closer than ever to reclaiming our cities and restoring their soul. Soon, we will see flags of freedom waving in Jerusalem, Haifa, Gaza, Jaffa, Bethlehem, Nablus, Acre, and every beloved city across the land.


The Palestinian city will rise again—alive with knowledge, filled with light, and echoing with hope.



 Summary of Palestinian Villages

Total Palestinian villages and towns (pre-1948) is apprx 1300

750–800
 Existing villages/towns today


420–531
Destroyed after the Nakba (1948 and beyond)

100-130
Depopulated during the Nakba (1967 and beyond)

50-60
Destroyed before the Nakba

Safed
The city of Safad encompassed a total of 113 villages, including 31 that were depopulated after the Nakba, 66 that were completely demolished, 8 that still exist today, and 8 that were erased even before the Nakba.

Abil al-Qamh (One of the Seven Villages)

Al-Buteiha

Al-Buwayziyyah

Al-Ja’una

Al-Jish (also known as Jaxala, in Upper Galilee)

Al-Hamra (or Hamra - Safad)

Al-Husayniyya (inhabitants of Algerian origin)

Al-Haqqab / Khirbet al-Haqqab

Al-Khalisa

Al-Khisas (Safad)

Al-Dardara (Demilitarized Zone villages)

Al-Darbashiyya

Al-Dawwāra

Ras al-Ahmar

Az-Zangariyya (Zahlaq)

Az-Zawiyya (or Az-Zawiyah)

Az-Zuq at-Tahtani

Az-Zuq al-Fuqani

As-Sammui

As-Sanbariyya

Ash-Shawka at-Tahta (or Ash-Shawqa at-Tahta)

Ash-Shawka al-Fawqa (also Al-Ghajar, from the occupied Syrian Golan)

Ash-Shuna (Safad)

As-Salihiyya

As-Sayyadah (Arabs of As-Sayyadah – Demilitarized Zone villages)

Az-Zahiriyya at-Tahta

Az-Zahiriyya al-Fawqa

Al-‘Arifiyya

Al-‘Abisiyya / Al-‘Absiyya / Al-Ghabisiyya (also Khiyam ‘Abs)

Al-‘Azaziyya (Al-‘Azizat tribe)

Al-‘Ulmaniyya

Al-Farradiyya (also Farradiyya or Farrada)

Al-Qudayriyya / An-Nuwayriyya

Al-Malikiyya (One of the Seven Villages)

Al-Manarah (Manarah of Safad)

Al-Manshiyya (Safad)

Al-Mansura (Safad)

Al-Mutilla

Al-Muftakhira

Al-Miyyas

Nabi Yusha‘ (One of the Seven Villages)

An-Na‘ima

Al-Wiziyya

Baysamun

Biriyya

Tula’il (inhabitants of Algerian origin)

Jahula

Jub Yusuf (Arabs of Sayyad)

Hurfeish (Upper Galilee village)

Khirbet Abu Zaynah (Demilitarized Zone)

Khirbet Abu Lawzah (Arabs of Shamalnah)

Khirbet al-‘Uqaybah (also ‘Uqabah)

Khirbet al-Muntar / Al-Mundhar (Demilitarized Zone)

Khirbet Jissy (Zangariyya)

Khirbet Khati (Zangariyya)

Khirbet Karraza (Zangariyya - Demilitarized Zone)

Khirbet Waqas (Qadah - Demilitarized Zone)

Khan al-Duwayr (Demilitarized Zone)

Khirbet ash-Shatt / Ash-Shatt

Khiyam al-Walid

Dallata (Dallatah)

Difna (Dafna)

Diyushum (inhabitants of Algerian origin)

Rihaniyya (or Ar-Rihaniyya)

Sabalan

Sa‘sa‘

Safsaf (Safsaf Massacre site)

Salha (One of the Seven Villages – also Massacre site)

Taitaba

Tuba az-Zangariyya

Tuba al-Hayyib

Arab ash-Shamalnah (Demilitarized Zone)

Arab al-Muhammadat

Arab al-Hamdan (Al-Harrawi) / Nabi Yusha

Arab an-Numayrat

Arab Ka‘wash

Arab az-Zubayd (Az-Zubaydiyyat)

‘Akbara

New ‘Akbara (also Aqbara)

‘Alma

‘Ammuqa (also Amuqa / Al-‘Amuqa – Algerian origin)

‘Ayn az-Zaytun (Massacre site)

Ghabbatiyya

Gharabah

Farah

Fir‘im

Qabba‘ah

Qadas / Qadish (One of the Seven Villages)

Qaddita

Qaytiyya

Karad al-Baqqarah (Demilitarized Zone)

Karad al-Ghannamah (Demilitarized Zone)

Kafr Bir‘im

Lazzazah

Safsaf Massacre (1948)

Sa‘sa‘ First Massacre (February)

Sa‘sa‘ Second Massacre (October)

Salha Massacre (1948)

‘Ayn az-Zaytun Massacre (1948)

City of Safad

Mazari‘ ad-Daraj / Ad-Darajah (Demilitarized Zone)

Marus (Algerian origin)

Madahil

Mazari‘ al-Khuri (Demilitarized Zone)

Mallahah (or Al-Mallahah)

Mansurat al-Khayt (also Mansurat al-Houla – Demilitarized Zone)

Mughar ad-Duruz (Druze caves)

Mughar al-Khayt (also Maghar al-Khayt)

Mirun

Hunin (One of the Seven Villages)

Harrawi (Khirbet Al-Harrawi / Arab al-Hamdan)

Wadi al-Handaj (Jazair al-Handaj)

Wadi at-Tawahin

Yarda (Demilitarized Zone)

 

Jerusalem
The city of Jerusalem encompassed a total of 88 villages, including 24 that were depopulated after the Nakba, 21 that were completely demolished, 42 that still exist today, and 1 that was erased even before the Nakba.

Abu Dis

Abu Ghosh (also known as Qaryat al-‘Inab)

Umm Tuba (Jerusalem)

Ishwa‘ (part of the ‘Arqub villages)

al-Burayj / Bayarat Burayj

al-Judayra

al-Jib

al-Jura

Khan al-Ahmar

al-Ram

az-Za‘im (includes al-Sawahira ash-Sharqiyya community)

al-Sawahira al-Gharbiyya

Shaykh Jarrah (Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood)

al-‘Eizariya

al-‘Isawiya

al-Qabu

al-Qubayba (also known as Qubayba or ‘Imwas)

al-Qastal

al-Malha

Nabi Samwil (also known as Samwil or al-Walaja)

Brikut

Bayt Ijza

Bayt Iksa

Bayt Umm al-Mays / Khirbet Umm al-Mays

Bayt Thul

Bayt Jamal (also Bayt Ijmal or Dayr Bayt Ijmal / part of the ‘Arqub villages)

Bayt Hanina

Bayt Duqqu

Bayt Saqqaya / Khirbet Bayt Saqqaya

Bayt Surik

Bayt Safafa

Bayt ‘Anan

Bayt ‘Itab (part of the ‘Arqub villages)

Bayt Mahsir

Bayt Mazmil

Bayt Naqquba / Naquba / ‘Ayn Naquba

Bayt Nuba (part of the Latrun villages between Ramallah and Ramla)

Bir Nabala

Battir (now part of Bethlehem, formerly part of Jerusalem)

Biddu

Jabal al-Mukabbir

Jarash / Jerash (part of the ‘Arqub villages)

Jaba‘ (Bedouin community cluster)

Jaba‘ (second mention)

Hizma

al-Tur neighborhood (also known as al-Tur village / Mount of Olives)

Khirbet Ism Allah

Khirbet at-Tannur / ‘Allar as-Sufla (part of the ‘Arqub villages)

Khirbet al-‘Amur / Dayr ‘Amr

Khirbet Bayt Arza

Khirbet al-Lawz

Dayr al-Shaykh (part of the ‘Arqub villages)

Dayr al-Hawa (part of the ‘Arqub villages)

Dayr Ban / Dayr Aban (part of the ‘Arqub villages)

Dayr Yasin (Deir Yassin Massacre site)

Dayr Rafat (also known as Wadi as-Sarar)

Ras Abu ‘Ammar (part of the ‘Arqub villages)

Rafat (Ramallah)

Saris (also Sirs Sufla – part of the ‘Arqub villages)

Silwan (guarding the Old City)

Sharafat

Shu‘fat

Sar‘a (part of the ‘Arqub villages)

Suba

Sur Bahir

Sataf / Sattaf

‘Artuf (also ‘Artuf / Bayt ash-Shams – part of the ‘Arqub villages)

‘Aslin

‘Aqur (part of the ‘Arqub villages)

‘Allar (Upper ‘Allar / Basal ‘Allar – part of the ‘Arqub villages)

‘Imwas (part of the Latrun villages between Ramallah and Ramla)

‘Anata

‘Ayn Rafa / Rafa

‘Ayn Karim

Qalunya

Palestinian protest village (Bab al-Shams)

Khirbet Umm al-Lahm

Qatna

Qalandiya

Kasla (part of the ‘Arqub villages)

Kafr ‘Aqab

Lifta

Deir Yasin (massacre site)

Mikhmas

Natuf

Wadi Qidron (also Wadi al-Juhayna / al-Tawahin)

Akka
The city of Akka ( Acre ) encompassed a total of 76 villages, including 21 that were depopulated after the Nakba, 13 that were completely demolished, 37 that still exist today, and 5 that were erased even before the Nakba.

Abu Sinan (Upper Galilee village)

Umm al-Faraj

Idmith / Magharat al-Fakhteh / Shaqif al-Taqa

Iqrit (also spelled Iqreth or Iqrat)

al-Bassa

al-Bi‘na (part of al-Shaghur area – Galilee)

al-Buqei‘a (Upper Galilee village)

al-Birwa

at-Tall (Tell al-Mifshukh / Tell al-Mayshuh)

al-Jadida / al-Jadida al-Makr

al-Husayniyya

ad-Damun

ar-Rama (Upper Galilee village)

ar-Ruways (Hejaz area)

az-Zeeb

as-Sumayriyya

Shaykh Dawud

Shaykh Dannun

al-Ghabisiyya / Wadi al-Majnuna

al-Qabsi

al-Kabri

al-Kammana

al-Mazra‘a

al-Makr

al-Manshiyya

al-Mansura

al-Manwat

Nabi Rubin

an-Nahr

Bayt Jann (Upper Galilee village)

Tarbikha (or Tarbiha – One of the Seven Villages)

Tarshiha

Jatt (Upper Galilee – part of al-Muthallath)

Jardiyya

Julis (Upper Galilee village)

Hanuta / Hanita

Khirbet as-Sawwana / Arab as-Samniyya

Khirbet Tall al-Bir al-Gharbi

Khirbet Jadid

Khirbet Samah

Khirbet ‘Arbin / al-Qulaytat

Khirbet ‘Ayn Hur

Khirbet Ma‘sub

Dayr al-Asad (Upper Galilee – part of al-Shaghur)

Dayr al-Qasi / al-Asi

Dayr Hanna (one of the three Land Day villages)

Ras al-‘Ayn (also spelled Ra’s al-‘Ayn)

Ramya

Sajur (Upper Galilee village)

Suhmata

Sakhnin (a city today, and one of the three Land Day villages)

Sarouh / Surouh

Sha‘b

Tamra (also Tamrah)

‘Arraba / ‘Arrabat al-Battuf (a current city and one of the Land Day villages)

Arab al-Sawa‘id

Arab al-‘Aramsha

Arab an-Na‘im (Bedouin village)

‘Amqa

‘Ayn al-Asad

Fassuta (Upper Galilee village)

Kabul

Kisra / Kisra-Sumei (Upper Galilee village)

Kafr Sumei‘ (Upper Galilee)

Kafr ‘Anan

Kafr Yasif (Upper Galilee)

Kuwaykat

Majd al-Krum (Upper Galilee – part of al-Shaghur)

Massacre of Arab as-Samniyya

Mi‘ilya (Upper Galilee)

Mi‘ar / Ma‘ar

Nahf (Upper Galilee)

Wadi Ja‘toon / al-Ja‘toon

Wadi Salameh

Yanuh-Jat (Upper Galilee)

Yarka (also Kafr Yarka / Upper Galilee)

Tiberias
The Tiberias city of Tiberias encompassed a total of 36 villages, including 8 that were depopulated after the Nakba, 18 that were completely demolished, 4 that still exist today, and 6 that were erased even before the Nakba.

Al-Hamma / Syrian Hamma


Al-Dalhamiyya


Al-Samra / Khirbat al-Samra


Al-Shajara


Tabgha


Al-Ubaydiyya


Al-Majdal / Village of Mary Magdalene


Al-Manara / Arab al-Manara


Al-Manshiyya / Samakh


Al-Mansura


Al-Nuqayb / Arab al-Ruqaybat / Arab al-Naqeeb


Al-Wa‘ra al-Sawda / Arab al-Mawasi and al-Wuhaib


Buriya


Tilhun / Al-Samkiyya / Arab al-Samkiyya


Hadatha / Al-Haditha


Hittin


Saruna


Samakh


Arab al-Kadish / Khirbat al-Kadish


Arab Dalayka al-Sahu


Arab Dalayka al-Issa


‘Ulam / ‘Ilam


Eilabun


Ghuwayr Abu Shusha / Ghor Abu Shusha


Kafr Sabt


Kafr Kamma / Kammeh


Lubya


Massacre of Arab al-Mawasi


Massacre of Eilabun


Ma‘dhar / Al-Ma‘dhar


Maghar / Al-Maghar / Tiberias


Massaha


Nasir al-Din


Nimrin


Wadi al-Hamam / Khirbat Wadi al-Hamam


Yaquq

 

Nazareth 
The city of Nazareth encompassed a total of 39 villages, including 5 that were depopulated after the Nakba, 3 that were completely demolished, 23 that still exist today, and 8 that were erased even before the Nakba.


Umm Quby

Iksal

Indur / Ein Dor

Al-Buʿayna – Nujeidat

Al-Dahi

Al-Rina

Al-‘Uzayr

Afula

Al-Fula

Al-Mashhad

Al-Mujaydil

Al-Naʿura

Al-Warqaniyya

Bi’r al-Maksur – Al-Hujayrat

Tall al-‘Adas

Jabbata

Jinjar

Khirbat al-Ruma

Khunayfis

Dabburiya

Rummana

Ramma

Arab al-Hayib / Ramat al-Hayib

Zarzir

Samuniya

Sulam – Al-Zaʿbiyya

Saffuriyya

Dhamayda

Turʿan

Arab al-Samniyya / Jalin

Arab al-Shibli – Umm al-Ghanam

Arab al-Subayh

‘Ilut

‘Ayn Mahil

Kafr Kanna / Qana of Galilee

Kawkab Abu al-Hayja

Maʿloul

Nin / Nain

Yafa of Nazareth

Haifa 
The city of Haifa encompassed a total of 117 villages, including 41 that were depopulated after the Nakba, 32 that were completely demolished, 26 that still exist today, and 18 that were erased even before the Nakba.


Abu Zurayq

Abu Shusha

Umm al-Tut

Umm al-Dufuf

Umm al-Zaynāt

Umm ash-Shuf

Umm al-‘Alq & Mayyāmūs

Umm al-‘Umd

Umm al-Quṭūf (Umm al-Quṭūf)

Umm al-Faḥm (incorporated into Haifa after 1949)

Ibtin

Ijzim

Ebilīn

al-Buṭaymāt

al-Jalma

al-Ḥārithiyya

al-Ḥumayra

al-Khurayba

Dar al-Bayḍā’

al-Rīḥāniyya

al-Zurghāniyya

al-Sandyāniyya

Ash-Shallāla

Shaykh Bureik (Ibrīk, Ibrīq)

ash-Shūnna

Ṣarfand (Sarafand)

al-Tīra (Haifa) / Ṭīrat al-Karmil / Ṭīrat al-Lawz

al-Ṭanṭūra (Massacre of Tantura)

al-Ghubayya al-Taḥtā & al-Fawqā

al-Furaydīs

al-Kabbābir

al-Ka‘biyya (Arab Ka‘biyya)

al-Kafrīn

al-Mazār

Mazār-Ijzim

Mazār-al-Sāḥil

al-Marāḥ

al-Mansī

‘Arab Banīyāh

al-Naghniyya

al-Ḥarīj

Baqa al-Gharbiyya (present-day town)

Basmat Tab‘ūn

Bayt Laḥm

Bira

Caesarea

Bi‘r al-Ṭa‘ra‘a (near Krayot)

al-Gharbiyya (Ba‘atta) (joined Haifa in 1949)

Balad ash-Shaykh

Bayyāda (joined Haifa in 1949)

al-Burayka

al-Sandīyānāt

Hawwāsa (Balad ash-Shaykh)

Tall ash-Shammām / Khirbat Dabbāsha

Jisr az-Zarqā

Ja‘ārā

Jida‘a

Jib‘a

Jidrū

al-Ghārānah

Ḥajjājra

Ḥayy at-Tannāk

Bawwābat Fuqarā’ ʿAkka

Khabīza

Khirbat al-Burj

Khirbat al-Buwayshāt

Khirbat ad-Damūn

Khirbat as-Sawāmīr (belongs to ‘Ayn Ghazāl)

Khirbat al-Shurakāṣ

Khirbat al-Kasāyir

Khirbat al-Māqūra

Khirbat al-Manāra

Khirbat al-Mansūra

Khirbat Ḥadīdūn

Khirbat Ras ‘Ali

Khirbat Sa‘sā‘

Khirbat Qumbāza

Khirbat Lad / al-‘Awādīn

Khawālid

Dār al-Ḥanūn

Daliyat ar-Rūḥā’ (Ruha)

Daliyat al-Karmil

Zalfa (joined Haifa in 1949)

Zamārīn

Sālim (joined Haifa in 1949)

Shfaram

Shafi‘a

Ṣabbārīn

Ṣafṣafā

Ṣandalā

‘Atlīt

Arab aḍ-Ḍamāyira

Arab al-Fuqarā’ / Shaykh Ḥalū

Arab al-Mufajjir

Arab an-Nafī‘āt

‘Arrāra

‘Ayn Ḥawḍ (from Haifa/Hijāz)

‘Ayn Ghazāl (from Mount Carmel)

‘Āra (in the Ruha area)

Isfiya (Ruha area)

Qannīr

Qaysarīya

Qayra wa-Qāmūn

Kabbāra

Karkūr

Ka‘biyya

Kafr Qār‘ (Zahra al-Mathlath)

Kafr Lām

Kufritā (Kafr Tayā)

Massacre of Tantūra

Massacre of Balad ash-Shaykh

Massacre of Hawwāsa

Massacre of Ṭīrat Haifa I (first)

Massacre of the Ḥujayr family

Massacre of Ṭīrat Haifa II (second) / Burning of Ṭīra

Refinery Massacre (Haifa)

Haifa Oil Refinery massacre

Baysan
The city of Baysan encompassed a total of 33 villages, including 10 that were depopulated after the Nakba, 20 that were completely demolished, 2 that still exist today, and 1 that was erased even before the Nakba.  


Arab al-Bashatwah


Arab al-Bawati / Khirbat al-Hakimiyya / Umm al-Sharashih


Arab al-Hamra


Arab al-Safa / al-Safa


Arab al-‘Arida / al-‘Arida


Ashrafiyya / Ashrafiyya ‘Abd al-Hadi


al-Bira


al-Fatur


al-Ghazzawiyya


al-Hamidiyya


al-Hamra


al-Khunayzir


al-Murassas


al-Sakhina


al-Samriyya


al-Tira / Tira al-Marj / Tira al-Za'biyya


Danna


Farwana


Jaboul


Khirbat al-Taqa / al-Taqa


Khirbat al-Zawiyya


Khirbat Umm Sabuna


Kawkab al-Hawa


Kafr Misr


Kafra


Masil al-Jazl / Arab al-Zaynatī


Qumya


Saffuriyya


Shatta


Sirin (Dhat al-Sabkha / part of the Haifa region)


Tal al-Shawk


Tamra al-Za'biyya


Umm ‘Ajra



 

 Jenin
The city of Jenin encompassed a total of 99 villages, including 4 that were depopulated after the Nakba, 2 that were completely demolished, 92 that still exist today, and 1 that was erased even before the Nakba.


Umm al-Tut


Umm Dar


Umm al-Fahm (occupied in 1949)


Umm al-Rihan (closed village)


al-Barid / al-Hashimiyya


al-Jalama


al-Jadida


al-Khuljan / Khirbat al-Khuljan


al-Rama


al-Zawiya


al-Zababida


al-Sa’ayda


al-Shuhada (Martyrs’ Triangle)


al-Tarm


al-Tayiba (Jenin)


al-‘Araqa


al-‘Asa’asa


al-Kufeir


al-Mansura


al-Mutilla


al-Mughayyir


al-Mazar


al-Yamun


al-Lajjun (from Ruha area)


Amriha


Burqin


Barta’a al-Sharqiyya (Eastern Barta’a – closed village)


Barta’a al-Gharbiyya (joined Haifa District 1949)


Bayyada (occupied in 1949)


Bayt Qad al-Shamali (Upper Bayt Qad project)


Bayt Qad (Southern)


Bi’r al-Basha


Tannin / Khirbat Tannin


Ti’inik


Telfit / Tel Beit


Jaba‘


Jirba


Jalbun


Jalqamūs


Ḥafīra


Ḥafīrat ‘Arraba


Khirbat al-Jawfa


Khirbat al-Muntar (closed village)


Khirbat al-Mikhal (closed village)


Khirbat ‘Abdallah al-Yunis (closed village)


Deir Abu Da‘if


Deir Ghazala


Raba


Rummana


Zabuba


Zubda


Zalfah (occupied in 1949)


Zir‘in


Silat al-Harithiyya


Silat al-Dhahr


Salim (occupied in 1949)


Siris


Sanur


Sandala (joined Haifa District 1949)


Sir


Tura al-Sharqiyya


Tura al-Gharbiyya


Dhahr al-‘Abd (closed village)


Dhahr al-Malih (closed village)


‘Arab al-Hamdon (closed village)


‘Attara


‘Ayn al-Mansi


‘Aba al-Sharqiyya / Wadi al-Dabi‘


‘Aba al-Gharbiyya


‘Anin


‘Ayn Ninah


‘Ajja


‘Arbuna


‘Arraba


‘Arrana


‘Anza


Fahma


Fahma al-Jadida


Faqqu’a


Fandaqumiya


Fir’asin


Qabatiya


Kafr Dan


Kafr Qud


Kafr Ra‘i


Kufayrat


Jenin (city)


Massacre of Sandala (children’s massacre)


Megiddo / Tell al-Mutassallim (Ruha area)


Maythalun


Jenin Refugee Camp


Mushayrifa (occupied in 1949)


Mu‘awiya (occupied in 1949)


Muqaybila (joined Haifa District 1949)


Mirka


Misliya


Musmus (occupied in 1949)


Nazlat Sheikh Zayd / Nazlat Zayd


Nuris


Wadi D‘uq


Ya‘bad

 Tulkarm
 The city of Tulkarm encompassed a total of 53 villages, including 5 that were depopulated after the Nakba, 15 that were completely demolished, 33 that still exist today, and none that were erased before the Nakba.


‘Anabta


‘Attil (Sha‘rawiyya village)


Baka al-Sharqiyya (Sha‘rawiyya)


Bal‘a


Bayarat Hanun


Beit Lid (Eastern Beit Lid)


Bir al-Sikka (part of Zemer villages)


Deir al-Ghusun (Sha‘rawiyya)


Far‘un


Fardisiya / Khirbat Umm al-Falus / Khirbat al-Dasuqiyya


Ibtan (Zemer village)


Ijlil al-Qibliyya


Jalama (not to be confused with Jenin's Jalama)


Jaljuliya (occupied village in present-day Israel)


Khirbat al-Majdal


Khirbat al-Zababda


Khirbat Bayt Lid / Western Beit Lid / Umm Bayt Lid


Khirbat Jabara (Kufriyyat villages group)


Khirbat Khuraysh (‘Arqiyyat villages)


Khirbat Qazzaza / Raml Zayta


Khirbat Zahran


Khirbat Zalfah


Kafr Abbush (Kufriyyat group)


Kafr Bara


Kafr Jammal (Kufriyyat group)


Kafr Labad


Kafr Qāsim (currently a town in Israel)


Kafr Rāmān


Kafr Saba


Kafr Sur (Kufriyyat group)


Kafr Zibad (Kufriyyat group)


Kur (Kufriyyat group)


Maskeh


Nazlat Abu Nar (Sha‘rawiyya)


Nazlat ‘Isa


Qaffin


Qalqiliya (adjacent to Tulkarm area)


Qalqun


Qāqūn


Ramin


Safarin


Sayda


Shuweika


Sīdā


Taybeh / Bani Sa‘b (part of the triangle area – now inside Israel)


Tulkarm (city)


al-Kafriyyat al-Sab‘ villages (collective reference)


al-Manshiya


al-Marja (Zemer village)


al-Nazla al-Gharbiyya


al-Ra’s (Kufriyyat village)


Umm Khalid


Wadi al-Hawarith


Wadi Qabbani

Tubas
 The city of Tubas encompassed a total of 5 villages, with none depopulated after the Nakba, none demolished, none erased before the Nakba, and all 5 still existing today.


Aqaba


Bardala


Tayasir


Tammun


‘Aqqaba / ‘Aqqaba



 

Nablus
The city of Nablus encompassed a total of 60 villages, with none depopulated after the Nakba, only 1 demolished, none erased before the Nakba, and 59 that still exist today. 


‘Aqraba


‘Asira al-Qibliyya (Southern ‘Asira)


‘Asira al-Shamaliyya (Northern ‘Asira)


‘Awarta


‘Urif


‘Ussarin


Aqrabaniyya


Aynabus (or ‘Aynabus)


Ayn Shibli


Awarta


Azmut


Balata


Bazariya


Beit Dajan (Nablus)


Beit Furik


Beit Hassan


Beit Iba


Beit Imrin


Beit Wazan


Beita


Burin


Burqa (Burqa)


Bizzariya


Duma


Deir al-Hatab


Deir Sharaf


Einabus


Furush Beit Dajan


Hajja / Hajjah


Huwwara


Ijnisinya


Iraq Burin


Jalud


Jamma’in


Jit


Jorish


Kafr Qalil


Qabalan


Qaryut


Qoseen


Qusra


Madama


Majdal Bani Fadil


Nablus (city)


Naqura


Nassariya


Osarin


Rujeib


Sabastiya


Salim


Sawiya


Sebastia


Sorra


Tal


Talluza


Telfit


Yanon


Yasid


Zawata


Zawatra

Qalqilya
 The city of Qalqilya encompassed a total of 33 villages, with none depopulated after the Nakba, none demolished, none erased before the Nakba, and all 33 still existing today. 


‘Azzun


‘Azzun ‘Atma (also called ‘Azzun Ban ‘Atma)


‘Immatin


‘Isla / Khirbat ‘Asla


‘Izbat al-Ashqar (Western ‘Izzabat)


‘Izbat at-Tabib


‘Izbat al-Mudawwar (Western ‘Izzabat)


‘Izbat Jal‘ud (Western ‘Izzabat)


‘Izbat Salman (Western ‘Izzabat)


‘Arab Abu Farda


‘Arab ar-Ramadin ash-Shamali (North)


‘Arab ar-Ramadin al-Janubi (South)


As-Saniriya (formerly of Nablus)


Azzun


Baqat al-Hatab (formerly of Nablus)


Beit Amin (formerly of Nablus)


Falamya / Falama (formerly of Tulkarm)


Fara‘ta


Habla (formerly of Tulkarm)


Hajja (formerly of Nablus)


Jinsafut (formerly of Nablus)


Jit (formerly of Nablus)


Jayyus (formerly of Tulkarm)


Kafr Laqif (formerly of Nablus)


Kafr Qaddum (formerly of Nablus)


Kafr Thulth (formerly of Tulkarm)


Khirbat ad-Dab‘a (formerly of Tulkarm)


Khirbat an-Nabi Ilyas (formerly of Tulkarm)


Khirbat Ras at-Tira (formerly of Tulkarm)


Khirbat Sir (formerly of Tulkarm)


Qalqilya (City)


Ras ‘Atiya (formerly of Tulkarm)


Wadi ar-Rasha (formerly of Tulkarm)

Salfit
 The city of Salfit encompassed a total of 17 villages, with none depopulated after the Nakba, none demolished, none erased before the Nakba, and all 17 still existing today.  


Biddya (formerly part of Nablus District)


Bruqin


Deir Ballut (formerly part of Nablus District)


Farkha


Haris


Iskaka


Kafr ad-Dik


Kifl Haris (formerly part of Nablus District)


Mas-ha


Marda


Qarawat Bani Hassan (also spelled Qiraweh or Bani Hasan)


Qira (also spelled Kira)


Rafat (formerly part of Nablus District)


Sarra (also spelled Sarta or Sirta)


Yasuf


az-Zawiya (formerly part of Nablus District)


Wadi Qana / Khirbet Qana (formerly part of Nablus District)



 

Jaffa
The city of Jaffa encompassed a total of 32 villages, including 11 that were depopulated after the Nakba, 19 that were completely demolished, 1 that still exists today, and 1 that was erased even before the Nakba.


Abu Kishk (Arab Abu Kishk)


Abbasiyya (also known as al-Yahudiya)


Arsuf


Bayarat ‘Adas


Beit Dajan (Jaffa) / Dajon


Dahmash


Fajja


Ghabat Abu Kabir (Abu Kabir neighborhood)


Ghabat Jarisheh (Jarisheh area)


al-‘Abbasiya (Yahudiya)


al-‘Ajami (a Jaffa neighborhood, not a village)


al-Ijilil al-Shamaliyya (North Ijilil)


al-Ijilil al-Qibliyya (South Ijilil)


al-Jammasin al-Gharbi


al-Jammasin al-Sharqi


al-Khayriyya


al-Manshiyya (a neighborhood of Jaffa, not a separate village)


al-Mas‘udiya (also known as Ṣumeil)


al-Muwaylih


al-Safiriyya


al-Salameh / Salama


al-Sawalimah (Arab al-Sawalimah)


al-Shaykh Muwannis (on whose land modern Tel Aviv was built)


al-Shaykh al-Shabaki (Arab al-Shabaki / al-Shubaki)


al-Sakiya (also called Saqiya)


Rantiya


Ras al-‘Ayn (Rosh HaAyin today)


Sarona (a German colony)


Saqiya (also called Sakiya)


Kafr ‘Ana


Wilhelma (also called al-Hamidiyya / German colony)


Yazur

Ramallah
 The city of Ramallah encompassed a total of 72 villages, with none depopulated after the Nakba, none demolished, 2 that were erased before the Nakba, and 70 that still exist today.


Aboud


Abu Falah (Khirbet Abu Falah)


Abu Qash


Abu Shkheidim


Ajjul


al-Bireh (city)


al-Janiya


al-Lubban al-Gharbi


al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya


al-Mazra'a al-Sharqiya


al-Midya


al-Mughayyir


al-Tayiba


al-Tira


‘Ain Arik


‘Ain Qiniya


‘Ain Siniya


‘Ain Yabrud


Arura


‘Aqraba


Atara


‘Attara


Badrus


Barham


Beit ‘Ur al-Fawqa


Beit ‘Ur at-Tahta


Beit Liqya


Beit Rima


Beit Sira


Beitillu (part of the Ittihad Municipality)


Beitin


Beitunia


Bil'in (one of the nine villages formerly from Ramla)


Birzeit


Budrus


Burqa (Burka)


Deir Abu Mash‘al


Deir Ammar (also includes refugee camp)


Deir Dibwan


Deir Ghassaneh


Deir Ibzi‘


Deir Jarir


Deir Nidham


Deir Qaddis (historically from Ramla)


Deir Sudan


Dura al-Qari‘


Ein ‘Arik


Farkha


Jammala (Ittihad Municipality)


Jibiya


Kafr ‘Ein


Kafr Malik


Kafr Ni‘ma


Kharbatha al-Misbah


Kharbatha Bani Harith (one of the nine Ramla villages)


Khirbet Rubin


Khirbet Shatta


Khirbet Kafr ‘Ana (Kafr Nata / ‘Ana)


Kobar


Mazari‘ an-Nubani


Na‘alin (one of the nine Ramla villages)


Qibya (historically part of Jerusalem District)


Qarawat Bani Zeid


Ras Karkar


Rantis


Rammoun


Saffa


Sarda


Shibtin (historically from Ramla)


Shuqba (formerly part of Ramla – one of the nine villages)


Silwad


Sinjil

Al-Lidd
 Although the city of Lydd (al-Lidd) officially lists no villages within its administrative boundaries today, five villages were historically associated with the area and were later merged into the Ramla district after the Nakba. These villages were depopulated and remain uninhabited, with only their physical remains still visible — silent witnesses to a displaced past.

 

Al-Ramla
The city of Ramla encompassed a total of 74 villages, including 40 that were depopulated after the Nakba, 24 that were completely demolished, 3 that still exist today, and 7 that were erased even before the Nakba.


Abu al-Fadl (al-Satari / Arab Abu al-Fadl)


Abu Shusha


‘Ajanjul (Khirbat Kafr Ta)


‘Aqir


‘Anaba


Ayn Karin


Ayn Qara


Barfiliya


Bashshit


Bayt Nabala


Bayt Jiz


Bayt Shanna


Bayt Susin


Biriya


Bir Ma‘in (Bir Ma‘an)


Bir Salim


Daniyal


Dayr Abu Salama


Dayr Ayub (Bab al-Wad)


Dayr Qaddis (transferred to Ramallah in 1949)


Dayr Tarif


Dayr Muhaysin


Dhibin


Dhahrat Umm Sabuna


Duran (Khirbat Duran)


Gamlzo


Geleya


Idhnibbeh


Imwas (part of the Latrun villages)


Inaba


Iqrit


Isdud


Jamzu


Jilya


Kafr Ana


Kafr Saba


Kafr Thulth


Kharruba


Khirbat Abu Falah


Khirbat al-Buwayra


Khirbat al-Zuhairiyya


Khirbat Beit Far


Khirbat Zakariyya


Khirbat ‘Amuriyya


Khilda


Khirbat Kafr Tut (Kafr Tutha)


Khirbat Shibteen (transferred to Ramallah)


Khirbat Qazzaza


Khirbat Yamma


Khirbat Shalita


Latrun (shared with Ramallah – Latrun triangle)


Lydda (city, not village)


Maghar


Majdal Yaba (Majdal al-Sadiq – of the ‘Arqiyat villages)


Mansura


Mazari‘


Mughallis


Mughraka


Mukhezin


Muzayri‘a


Nabi Rubin


Na‘ani


Qazaza


Qibya (linked later to Ramallah)


Qula


Qatrat al-Islam


Ramla (city)


Ras Abu ‘Ammar


Rishpon


Sarafand al-‘Amar


Sarafand al-Kharab


Saqiya (Sakiya)


Sidon


Yibna (Yavne)

Jericho
The city of Jericho encompassed a total of 4 villages, with none depopulated after the Nakba, none demolished, none erased before the Nakba, and all 4 still existing today.

al-Jiftlik


al-‘Auja


‘Ain ad-Duyuk al-Foqa


‘Ain Hajla / Deir Hajla

Betlehem
The city of Bethlehem encompassed a total of 29 villages, with none depopulated after the Nakba, none demolished, none erased before the Nakba, and all 29 still existing today.

Artas (from the 'Arqoub villages)


Al-Khader


Ash-Shawawra


Al-‘Ubeidiya


Al-Minya


Beit Jala


Beit Sakariya / Beit Zakariya / Khirbet Sheikh Zakariya


Beit Sahour


Beit Fajjar


Battir (formerly part of Jerusalem District)


Tuqu‘ (Teqoa)


Jabba‘ / al-Jab‘a (from the 'Arqoub villages)


Jurat ash-Shama‘a


Husan (from the 'Arqoub villages)


Khirbet Um Salamuna


Khirbet ad-Deir


Khirbet al-Masara


Khirbet Beit Ta‘mir


Dar Salah


Rakhma (Family of ‘Ali / Khirbet ‘Ali)


Za‘tara


Shawshahla


Arab ar-Rashayda


Marah Rabah


Marah Ma‘alla


Nahhalin (from the 'Arqoub villages)


Hindaza


Ruday‘a (Reid'a)


Khalayil al-Louz


Wadi Rahhal


Wadi Fukin (from the 'Arqoub villages)

Hebron
The city of Hebron encompassed a total of 82 villages, including 7 that were depopulated after the Nakba, 13 that were completely demolished, 62 that still exist today, and none that were erased before the Nakba.

Abu al-‘Asja / Abu al-Ghazlan


Abu Suhwayla


al-Bardān (Zikrin area)


al-Buwayb


al-Jab‘a


al-Kom – al-Muwarraq – Beit Maqdum – Hamsa (clustered localities)


al-Qubayba (Qubaybat Bani ‘Awwad)


al-Rahwa


al-Rayhiyya


al-Riha (possibly confusion – unclear location)


al-Samu‘


al-Simia / Simya


al-Sura (Dura – Hebron)


al-Thahiriya (ad-Dhahiriya)


al-Tuwani (Masafer Yatta – under demolition threat)


Arab ar-Ramadin


As-Sa‘ir


As-Saffa


As-Sikka


At-Tabaqa


At-Tabaqa / al-‘Ulayqa (upper and lower)


Beit ‘Awwa


Beit Amr


Beit ‘Anun


Beit ar-Rush al-Fawqa


Beit ar-Rush at-Tahta


Beit Gibrin (from the ‘Arqiyat villages)


Beit Kahil


Beit Marsem


Beit Nattif (from the ‘Arqoub villages)


Beit Ula


Bani Na‘im


Barkusiya (depopulated)


Dahr al-‘Aqla / Khirbat al-‘Aqla


Deir al-‘Asal al-Fawqa


Deir al-‘Asal at-Tahta


Deir al-Dubban


Deir Razzah (Natural Reserve)


Deir Samit


Deir Nahas


Dura


Halhul


Haris


Hars / Haris (likely Khurasa)


Hebron (city)


Imreish


Ithna


Jab‘a


Karkas / Karza


Kharas


Khirbet ‘Ajjur


Khirbet ‘Aziz (al-‘Aziz / Kafr ‘Aziz)


Khirbet Abu Burj


Khirbet Beit Far


Khirbet Umm Salamuna


Khirbet Zanuta (Zanuta)


Khirbet Herari


Khirbet Shuweika


Khillet al-‘Ad (al-Sura / Dura)


Khillet al-Dib‘ (Masafer Yatta – endangered)


Magharat


Maghless (depopulated)


Masafer Yatta (cluster of threatened villages)


Mashhad (near Hebron)


Meiser / Mughallis (depopulated)


Mikhmas (unclear – possible repetition or misentry)


Qalqas


Raboʻd


Raʻna


Rafat (Hebron)


Ramadin


Sa‘ir


Shuyukh al-‘Arrub / Shuyukh


Surif


Tafouh


Tarqumiya


Tel es-Safi (archaeological site – de facto abandoned)


Turmus


Tuqu‘ (possibly misplaced – better associated with Bethlehem)


Wadi al-Fawwar (Fawwar Refugee Camp)


Wadi ash-Shajina


Yatta


Zakariyya (depopulated village)


Zif (possibly included in Masafer Yatta)

Gaza

The city of Gaza encompassed a total of 86 known villages, including many that were depopulated after the Nakba, several that were completely demolished, and others that still exist today. 

Rafah


Umm al-Nasr


Isdud


Al-Batani al-Sharqi


Al-Batani al-Gharbi


Al-Bureij


Al-Jildiyya


Al-Jura


Al-Jiyya


Al-Zahra


Al-Zawaida


Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya


Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya


Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya


Al-Shawka


Al-Sufiyya


Al-Faluja


Al-Fukhari


Al-Qarara


Al-Qastina


Al-Mansura


Al-Majdal


Al-Masmiyya al-Saghira


Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira


Al-Maghar


Al-Muharraqa


Al-Musaddar


Al-Mughraqa


Al-Nasr


Al-Nazla


Jabalia


Al-Nuseirat


Bani Suhaila


Bayt 'Affa


Barbara


Burayka


Bayt Hanun


Bayt Daras


Bayt Tima


Bayt Jirja


Bayt Lahiya


Bureir


Ba’lin


Tall al-Turmus


Juhr al-Dik


Jusayr


Julis


Hatta


Hamama


Hulayqat


Khirbat al-Khisas


Khuza’a


Dayr Bani Shaja’


Dayr Sunayd


Dimra


Simsim


Summayil


Abasan al-Jadida


Abasan al-Kabira


Arab Suqrir


Asqalan


‘Ibdis


‘Iraq al-Manshiyya


‘Iraq Suwaydan


‘Izbat Bayt Hanun


Kiryatya


Kawkha


Kawkaba


Najd


Na’liya


Huj


Hirbiya


Wadi al-Salqa


Yasur

Beersheba
The city of Beersheba encompassed a total of 45 villages, including 5 that were depopulated after the Nakba, 20 that were completely demolished, 17 that still exist today, and none that were erased before the Nakba.

Abu Talul


Abu Jabara / Jabarat


Abu Rowa’ / Jabarat


Abu Sbeila (near Abu Talul)


Abu Madyan / Hanajra


Artimat


Abi al-Adous


Umm al-Rashrash / Al-Murashash


Al-Batil / Karkur


Al-Jammama


Al-Khalasa


Al-Zarba / Jabarat


Al-Zarnouq / Abu Qweidar


Al-Samiri / Hanajra


Al-Sawakhna / Al-Azazmeh


Al-Subhiyyin / Al-Azazmeh


Al-Subaiheen / Al-Azazmeh (destroyed)


Al-Thalam


Abi Juwai’ed / Tiyaha


Al-Araqib


Al-‘Amara


Al-Farahiyeen / Al-Azazmeh


Al-Qalazeen / Tiyaha


Al-Muhammadiyyin / Al-Azazmeh


Al-Masoudiyyin / Al-Azazmeh


Al-Nusairat / Hanajra


Umm al-Hiran / Atir


Tarabin / Najmat Al-Sana’


Tel Abu Mahfouz / Tel al-Sabeʿ


Tel Arad


Hura


Khushm al-Zina


Rahat (current city)


Sha’ath / Qoz al-Sha’outh


Shaqib al-Salam


Abdu


Arad (current city)


Ar’ara al-Naqab


Asluj / ‘Asloug


‘Auja al-Hafir / Al-‘Auja


Kuseifeh


Laqiya


Ma’in Abu Setta / Khirbet Abu Setta


Makhoul


Khirbet al-Mazra’a

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