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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