| Al-Safiriyya | |
| Arabic | |
| District | Jaffa |
| Coordinates | 31°59′36.20″N 34°51′03.35″E / 31.993389°N 34.8509306°ECoordinates: 31°59′36.20″N 34°51′03.35″E / 31.993389°N 34.8509306°E |
| Population | 1945 (3070) |
| Area | 12,842 dunums |
| Date of depopulation | Not known[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | |
| Current localities | Tzafriyya, Kefar Chabad, Achi'ezer, and the suburbs of Ri'shon le-Tziyyon. |
Al-Safiriyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jaffa. It was depopulated during Operation Hametz in the 1948 War on May 20, 1948. It was located 11 km east of Jaffa. al-Safiriyya was known to the Byzantines and Crusaders as Sapharea or Saphyria.
In 1945 it had a population of 3,070. al-Safiriyya had two elementary schools, one for boys founded in 1920 which had an enrollment of 348 boys in 1945, and another school was for girls, founded in 1945 with 45 girls. Khirbat Subtara is one of the notable khirbat in the area.
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