Nimrin
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| Arabic | نمرين |
| Name meaning | well-watered |
| Subdistrict | Tiberias |
| Coordinates | 32°48′15″N 35°25′24″E / 32.80417°N 35.42333°ECoordinates: 32°48′15″N 35°25′24″E / 32.80417°N 35.42333°E |
| Palestine grid | 190/245 |
| Population | 320 (1945) |
| Area | 12,019 dunams 12.0 km² |
| Date of depopulation | 16-17 July 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Secondary cause | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Achuzzat Naftali, IDF ammunition depot |
Nimrin was a Palestinian Arab town of 320 that was captured and depopulated by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
Nimrin stood on the site of Kfar Nimra when Palestine was ruled by the Roman Empire. Its inhabitants were Jews when Saint Peter and Saint James visited the town in 30 CE.
Nimrin was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century CE, and by 1596 the village had a population of 110 under the administration of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Tiberias, part of Sanjak Safad. It paid taxes on wheat barley, wheat, olives, beehives, and goats.
A map from Napoleon's invasion of 1799 by Pierre Jacotin showed the place, named as Nemen.
In the nineteenth century, Nimrin grew to become a stone-built village of 250 Muslim people. It was described as being built on the slope of a hill, surrounded by arable land. The Ottomans founded an elementary school in the village.
A population list from about 1887 showed Nimrin to have about 300 inhabitants; all Muslims.
In 1922, Nimrin became a part of the British Mandate of Palestine and in the 1922 census of Palestine, Nemrin had a population of 273; all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 316, still all Muslims, in a total of 71 houses.
The main economic sectors were farming and livestock, with grain being the most important crop, followed by vegetables. The Ottoman school was closed down during this period.
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