Naghnaghiya (, Al-Naghnaghiyya) was a Palestinian Arab village, southeast of Haifa. It was depopulated before the outbreak of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.Morris, 2004, p. 242
Location The village was on the north edge of a hill at the edge of a wadi bed, overlooking the Jezreel Valley and the Nazareth hills to the north and northeast. It was the smallest of a group of three villages (known collectively as al-Ghubayyat) located together; the others were Al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa and Al-Ghubayya al-Tahta. Next to al- Naghnaghiya was an artificial mound that bore the same name. Two kilometers to the southeast, on the highway to Jenin was Tall al-Mutasallim, identified with Megiddo.Khalidi, 1992, p. 179
History In 1888, during Ottoman rule, an elementary school was built that was shared by the three al-Ghubayyat villages. British Mandate era In the British Mandate of Palestine period, in the 1922 census of Palestine Al Naghnaghiyeh had a population of 272; all Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Haifa, p. 35 increasing in the 1931 census to 416, still all Muslims, in a total of 78 houses.Mills, 1932, p. 95
In the 1945 statistics the population of Al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa, Al-Ghubayya al-Tahta and Naghnaghiya was 1,130, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 13 and it had 12,139 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 47 209 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 10,883 for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 90 while no data were given for built-up (urban) land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 140
In addition to agriculture, residents practiced animal husbandry which formed was an important source of income for the town. In 1943, they owned 139 heads of cattle, 6 water buffalos, 1090 sheep over a year old, 369 goats over a year old, 20 camels, 31 horses, 81 donkeys, 908 fowls, and 29 pigeons.
1948, and after Before the outbreak of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, on the night of the 12–13 April 1948, Naghnaghiya and the neighbouring village of al-Mansi were attacked by the Palmach, a Jewish militia. By 15 April, both villages had been depopulated, and they were then blown up by the Jewish militia forces in order to block the return of the villagers.Morris, 2004, p. 346
According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, describing the village in 1992: "The remains of houses are scattered on the slope of one hill. The site, traversed by the Haifa-Megiddo highway and partly occupied by an Israeli soccer field, is difficult to identify."Khalidi, 1992, p. 180
See also Battle of Mishmar HaEmek Depopulated Palestinian locations in Israel
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External links Welcome to al-Naghnaghiyya al-Naghnaghiyya, Zochrot Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons from Dr. Moslih Kanaaneh al-Naghnaghiyya from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center