Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	March 1, 1948
Distance from district center	5 (km) South of Tiberias
Elevation from the sea	255 (meters)
Map location	See location number #14 on the map
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	al-Manara was completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Manara inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 4,185 Jewish 1,410 Public 1,202 Total 6,797
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Planted W/ Cereal 4,320 1,235 Built up 13 174 Cultivable 4,320 1,235 Non-Cultivable 1,054 1
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 214 1945 580 1948 568 Est. Refugees 1998 3,491
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 33 1948 87
Town's name through history	The Crusades referred to al-Manara by Menan.
Water supplies	The village had several springs including a group of hot springs.
Archeological sites	al-Manara contains Khirbat al-Manara and Khirbat Sarjuna.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Poriyya is nearby village lands.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The site has been levelled and is strewn with pieces of black stone. At its northern edge are walls of dark stone, with doum palm trees growing in their midst. At the site, a sign (in Arabic, Hebrew, and English) reads, "This is a historical site, please protect it"