al-Mansura (المنصورة)

Place Name

al-Mansura (المنصورة)

Place Description

A historic Palestinian village in Upper Galilee, situated on the northern shoulder of a mountain approximately 29 km from Acre, with broad expanses of land extending below it and a secondary road connecting it to the Acre–Ra's al-Naqura highway. The village was predominantly Christian and had its own church, while agriculture and animal husbandry formed the basis of its economy; 900 dunums were planted with olives across the lands of al-Mansura, Fassuta, and Dayr al-Qasi, while 6,475 dunums were devoted to cereals and 1,617 dunums to irrigated or orchard land.

Also Known As

المنصورة

Place Type

Village

Map Coordinates

Latitude

33.064446

Longitude

35.336109

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

POM_ID:1039

Updated By

Wafa Ghnaim