Al-Mansura, Acre
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| Arabic | المنصورة |
| Name meaning | Khirbet Mansura= The ruin of Mansura |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Coordinates | 33°03′50″N 35°20′05″E / 33.06389°N 35.33472°ECoordinates: 33°03′50″N 35°20′05″E / 33.06389°N 35.33472°E |
| Palestine grid | 182/274 |
| Population | 2,300 (with nearby Fassuta and Dayr al-Qassi) (1945) |
| Date of depopulation | Early November 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Netu'a,Mattat,Abirim,Elkosh and Biranit |
Al-Mansura (Arabic: المنصورة), was a Palestinian village that was depopulated by the Israeli army during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. In 1945, it had a population of 2,300 together with the neighboring villages of Dayr al-Qassi (also depopulated) and Fassuta. The population was predominantly Christian and most its residents live in what is now the state of Israel.
It was situated on the northern end of a mountain in the Upper Galilee whose summit was behind the village to the south. It was connected to the coastal Acre-Ras al-Naqoura highway via a secondary road.
Incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with the rest of Palestine, in 1596 it appeared under the name of al-Mansura in the tax registers as part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Jira in the Sanjak (district) of Safad. It had an all Muslim population, consisting of 17 households and 5 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and an olive oil press; the taxes totalled 3,656 akçe. All of the taxes went to a Waqf.
In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described the place as having "A few heaps of stones and some foundations. The masonry is medium-size, and well-dressed. The door-posts are of stone; there are cisterns on top of the hill, which is steep."
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