Khirbat al-Wa'ra al-Sawda'
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| Arabic | خربة الوعرة السوداء |
| Subdistrict | Tiberias |
| Coordinates | 32°50′1.84″N 35°28′51.41″E / 32.8338444°N 35.4809472°ECoordinates: 32°50′1.84″N 35°28′51.41″E / 32.8338444°N 35.4809472°E |
| Palestine grid | 195/248 |
| Population | 1,870 (1945) |
| Area | 7,036 dunams 7.0 km² |
| Date of depopulation | 2 November 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
Khirbat al-Wa'ra al-Sawda' (Arabic: خربة الوعرة السوداء) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. In 1945, the village had a population of 1,870 Arabs. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 18, 1948. It was located 7.5 km northeast of Tiberias. Some of the villagers fled to Syria while others migrated to the central Galilee.
Khirbat al-Wa'ra al-Sawda' was classified as a hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazetteer. Situated on a small plateau composed of volcanic stone, it was connected to Hittin by a dirt road and overlooked Wadi Hamam and Lake Tiberias. During the British Mandate period in Palestine, the village's houses—which were constructed from stone—were clustered together in an irregular pattern. Bedouin tents were set up for inhabitants who had not built permanent homes. Most of the residents, all of whom were Muslims, belonged to the 'Arab al-Mawasi tribe, while the remainder were members of the Arab al-Wuhayb tribe.
Shrines were built for two local sheikhs, Umar al-Qadhim and Musa al-Qadhim, at the northern outskirts of Khirbat al-Wa'ra al-Sawda. Religious ceremonies were held by the villagers at the tombs.
The village comprised a total area of 7,036 dunums in 1945. Agriculture was the primary economic sector, with olives and grain being the principal crops grown, with a large number of inhabitants were employed in cereal farming, which occupied about 29% of the land area.
Types of landuse in dunums by Arabs in 1945:
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