Abu Shusha, Haifa

Abu Shusha
أبو شوشة
Children in Abu Shusha
Etymology: The father of the tuft
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Abu Shusha, Haifa (click the buttons)
Abu Shusha
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°36′51″N 35°08′17″E / 32.61417°N 35.13806°E / 32.61417; 35.13806
Palestine grid163/224
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulation9–10 April 1948
Area
 • Total
8,960 dunams (9 km2 or 3 sq mi)
Population
 (1948)
 • Total
835
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesMishmar HaEmek

Abu Shusha (Arabic: أبو شوشة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on 9 April 1948 during the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek. The village was inhabited by Turkmens.

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