al-Rama (الرامة)

Place

Museum of the Palestinian People (MPP)

Place Name

al-Rama (الرامة)

Place Description

A historic Palestinian village in Upper Galilee, situated approximately 29 km east of Acre in a mountainous landscape at the transition between the Galilee highlands and surrounding agricultural plains. Its extensive agricultural lands supported grain cultivation, olives, vineyards, fruit trees, and irrigated and plantation agriculture; 1945 statistics record 3,078 dunums planted with cereals, 7,688 dunums of olive groves, and 8,310 dunums of irrigated or plantation land.