In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small palestinian arab village to mi southwest of tiberias”. Today it says “small palestinian arab village 3 kilometers”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Nasir ad-Dīn ( Arabic : نصر الدين ) was a small Palestinian Arab village 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) southwest of Tiberias , on the crest of a slope that overlooks the Sea of Galilee . The village had several springs to the east, south, and southeast. In the 1931 British census 179 people lived there, decreasing to 90 in a 1945 census. Nasir ad-Din and nearby al-Manara were in the same jurisdiction with 4,185 dunams of land, most of which was allocated to cereals. In the 1948 Palestine war , the village was destroyed and its residents expelled as part of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion . Also gives causes of depopulation.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
former Arab villages in Palestine Nasir ad-Dīn ( ) was a small Palestinian Arab village to mi southwest of Tiberias , on the crest of a slope that overlooks the Sea of Galilee . The village had several springs to the east, south, and southeast. In a 1931 British census, 179 people lived there, decreasing to 90 in a 1945 census. Nasir ad-Din and nearby al-Manara were in the same jurisdiction with 4,185 dunams of land, most of which was allocated to cereals.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
former Arab villages in Palestine Nasir ad-Dīn ( ) was a small Palestinian Arab village 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) southwest of Tiberias , on the crest of a slope that overlooks the Sea of Galilee . The village had several springs to the east, south, and southeast. In a 1931 British census, 179 people lived there, decreasing to 90 in a 1945 census. Nasir ad-Din and nearby al-Manara were in the same jurisdiction with 4,185 dunams of land, most of which was allocated to cereals.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Village in Tiberias, Mandatory Palestine Nasir ad-Dīn ( ) was a small Palestinian Arab village 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) southwest of Tiberias , on the crest of a slope that overlooks the Sea of Galilee . The village had several springs to the east, south, and southeast. In the 1931 British census 179 people lived there, decreasing to 90 in a 1945 census. Nasir ad-Din and nearby al-Manara were in the same jurisdiction with 4,185 dunams of land, most of which was allocated to cereals. Also gives causes of depopulation.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small palestinian arab village to mi southwest of tiberias”. Today it says “small palestinian arab village 3 kilometers”. Read the current article and compare.
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small palestinian arab village to mi southwest of tiberias
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small palestinian arab village 3 kilometers
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