Sabbarin
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| Arabic | صبارين |
| Name meaning | "rough ground" |
| Also spelled | Sabarin Sabbarim |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Coordinates | 32°34′16″N 35°1′23″E / 32.57111°N 35.02306°ECoordinates: 32°34′16″N 35°1′23″E / 32.57111°N 35.02306°E |
| Palestine grid | 152/219 |
| Population | 1,700 (1945) |
| Area | 25,307 dunams 25.3 km² |
| Date of depopulation | 12–14 May 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Ramot Menashe, Amikam |
Sabbarin was a Palestinian Arab village located 28 kilometers south of Haifa. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
In 1859 Sabbarin had about 600 inhabitants, who cultivated 55 faddans (1 faddan =100-250 dunums) of land.
The French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village in 1870, and noted that the villagers cultivated sesame. A well, called Bir Sabbarin, appeared well built. The village had an estimated 1000 inhabitants, with homes constructed of stones or adobe.
In the 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described Sabbarin as a "large" village, situated on a slope. The well was said to be the head of the Caesarea aqueduct. The oval well was 15 feet diameter and 15 feet deep.
A population list from about 1887 showed that Subbarin had about 1,160 inhabitants; all Muslims.
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Sabbarin had a population of 845; 833 Muslims and 12 Christian, where the Christians were all Roman Catholics. The population had increased in the 1931 census to 1,108; 18 Christians and the rest Muslim, in a total of 256 houses.
By 1944/1945, the village had a population of 1,700; 1,670 Muslims and 30 Christians and the village's lands spanned 25,307 dunams. 12,773 dunums of land used for cereals; 45 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards, while 179 dunams were built-up (urban) land.
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