al-Nahr (النهر)

Place

Museum of the Palestinian People (MPP)

Place Name

al-Nahr (النهر)

Place Description

A historic Palestinian village in the eastern part of the Acre coastal plain, situated on a sandy, slightly elevated mound beside the Tarshiha–Nahariyya–Acre highway. The village stood on the archaeological site of Tall al-Qahwa, with evidence of settlement dating to the eighteenth century BCE; its houses were clustered in a rectangular layout, and agriculture and animal husbandry were the principal livelihoods. In 1944/45, 2,066 dunums were devoted to citrus and bananas, 1,094 dunums to cereals, and 1,937 dunums to irrigated or orchard land, including olive cultivation.