El Ghabisiya
Al-Ghabisiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in northern Palestine, 16 km north-east of Acre in present-day Israel. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and remains deserted.- Type: Ruins
- Description: depopulated village in Palestine
- Also known as: “Al Ghabisiya”, “Al-Ghabisiyya”, and “El Aabaissiye”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Tel Kabri and Galilee Medical Center.
Tel Kabri
Archaeological site
Tel Kabri, or Tell al-Qahweh, is an archaeological… Tel Kabri is situated 1¼ km northwest of El Ghabisiya.
Galilee Medical Center
Hospital
Galilee Medical Center, abbreviated GMC, is a hospital… Galilee Medical Center is situated 3½ km west of El Ghabisiya.
Kuweikat
Ruins
Kuwaykat, also spelled Kuweikat, Kweikat or Kuwaikat… Kuweikat is situated 4 km south of El Ghabisiya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sheikh Danun and Netiv HaShayara.
El Ghabisiya
- Categories: village, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, building, and historic site
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.0009° or 33° 0′ 3″ north
Longitude
35.15066° or 35° 9′ 2″ east
Open location code
8G5Q2522+97
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“El Ghabisiya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الغابسية”
- Dutch: “Al-Ghabisiyya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الجابسيه”
- French: “Al-Ghabisiyya”
- Hebrew: “מסגד ע’בסיה”
- Hebrew: “ע’אבסייה”
- Persian: “الغابسیه”
- Polish: “Al-Ghabisijja”
- Swedish: “Al-Ghabisiyya”
- Urdu: “الغابسیہ”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Nahariya new cemetery and בית קברות.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Badran Quarter and Shemaysi Quarter.
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