Al-Sarafand
Al-Sarafand () was a Palestinian Arab village near the Mediterranean shore south of Haifa. In Ottoman tax records, it is shown that the village had a population of 61 inhabitants in 1596. According to a land and population survey by Sami Hadawi, al-Sarafand's population was 290 in 1945, entirely Arab.
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- Locality
- מועצה אזורית חוף הכרמל
- Region
- מחוז חיפה
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
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- Etymology
- History
- Ottoman era
- British Mandate era
- 1948, and aftermath
- Mosque restoration
- Ilan Pappe
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
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Al-Sarafand () was a Palestinian Arab village near the Mediterranean shore south of Haifa. In Ottoman tax records, it is shown that the village had a population of 61 inhabitants in 1596. According to a land and population survey by Sami Hadawi, al-Sarafand's population was 290 in 1945, entirely Arab.
== Etymology == Sarafand or Sarafend (Ṣarafand / صرفند) is an Arabic rendition of the Phoenician place-name *Ṣrpt. Al-Sarafand was known to the Crusaders as Sarepta Yudee.