Lubya
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Map of the area from the 1870s
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| Arabic | لوبيا |
| Name meaning | "Bean" |
| Also spelled | Lubiya, Lubia |
| Subdistrict | Tiberias |
| Coordinates | 32°46′33″N 35°25′46″E / 32.77583°N 35.42944°ECoordinates: 32°46′33″N 35°25′46″E / 32.77583°N 35.42944°E |
| Palestine grid | 190/242 |
| Population | 2,350 (1945) |
| Area | 39,629 dunams 39.6 km² |
| Date of depopulation | July 16–17, 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Secondary cause | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Lavi, Lavi Pine Forest, South African Park |
Lubya (Arabic: لوبيا "bean"), sometimes transliterated Lubia, was a Palestinian Arab town located ten kilometers west of Tiberias that was captured and destroyed by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Nearby villages included Nimrin to the north, Hittin to the northwest, and al-Shajara to the south; Each of those villages were also depopulated.
Lubya had a total land area of 39,629 dunams (3,963ha), of which 83% was Arab-owned and the remainder public property. Most of its cultivable land was planted with cereals while only 1,500 dunams (150 ha) were planted with olive groves. The village's built-up area was 210 dunams (21 ha).
The village was known as Lubia by the Crusaders and was a rest stop for Saladin's Ayyubid army prior to the Battle of Hattin. It's also the birthplace of a prominent 15th century Muslim scholar Abu Bakr al-Lubyani, who taught Islamic religious sciences in Damascus.
Lubya belonged to the nahiya ("district") of Tiberias in 1596, a few decades after the Ottoman Empire won control over the region from the Mamluks. The village was required to pay taxes on its goats, beehives and its olive press. Its population was recorded as 182 Muslim families and 32 Muslim bachelors.
In 1743, the Ottoman governor of Damascus, Sulayman Pasha al-Azm died in the village while on his way to confront the rebellious de facto Arab ruler of the Galilee. Zahir al-Umar. A map by Pierre Jacotin, from 1799 showed the place named Loubia.
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