al-Manshiyya (المنشية)

Place

Museum of the Palestinian People (MPP)

Place Name

Place Description

A historic Palestinian village on a sandstone plateau in the northwestern part of the Acre plain, approximately 3 km northeast of Acre and 2 km north of the al-Na'amin River. The village was surrounded by arable land and connected to Acre by a secondary road and the city's transportation network; its economy centered on agriculture, especially grain cultivation, together with animal husbandry. In 1944/45, 10,818 dunums were devoted to cereals, 619 dunums to irrigated or orchard land, and 253 dunums to citrus and bananas. The village also contained a mosque, an Islamic orphanage, and the shrine of Baha' Allah, while archaeological excavations nearby revealed remains dating back to the Bronze Age.