Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	April 8, 1948
Distance from district center	28 (km) South East of Haifa
Elevation from the sea	200 (meters)
Map location	See location number #32 on the map
Israeli military operation	Mishmar ha-'Emeq Battle
Israeli attacking brigade	Some units drawn from the Palmach (strike force), and from the Carmeli and Alexandroni Brigades.
Defenders	Local militia & Arab Liberation Army
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely obliterated, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 11,607 Jewish 0 Public 532 Total 12,139
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 209 Planted W/ Cereal 10,883 Cultivable 11,092 Non-Cultivable 1,047
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 200 1945 1,130
Number of houses	In (1931): 38 (including al-Ghubayya al-Tahta)
Schools	al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa shared an elementary school (founded by the Ottomans in 1888) with the nearby villages of al-Ghubayya-al-Tahta and al-Naghnaghiyya. The school was later on closed during the British Mandate period.
Religious institutions	One Mosque
Shrines/maqams	A shrine for a Muslim sage known by al-Shaykh Ahmad.
Archeological sites	An unexcavated archaeological site, Tel al-Asmar, lay some 300m southwest of the village borders.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Mishmar ha-'Emeq
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links 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 debris of the houses is visible among the vegetation. One can also see a big heap of stones where the mosque once stood. The cemetery is covered with thorny plants and weeds. "

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