Khirbat al-Shuna or Khirbat ash-Shuna was a Palestinian Arab hamlet in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was located 32.5 km south of Haifa. Khirbat al-Shuna contained a small archaeological site, Khirbat Tell Mubarak. The area is now known as Shuni and is part of a JNF park, immediately north of Binyamina-Giv'at Ada.
History
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, it was called Shuneh, and had a population of 15 Muslim and 51 Jewish inhabitants, while in the 1931 census it was counted as Esh Shuna under Zikhron Ya'akov, which had a total 214 Muslim inhabitants.
In 1948, it was classified as a hamlet. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 15, 1948.
In 1992, the site was described: "The site is fenced in and the few standing houses have been renovated and turned into tourist facilities. There are tall palm and eucalyptus trees and cactuses grow around the houses".
See also
- Maiuma (festival), held in antiquity in Shuni-Maiumas
References
Bibliography
External links
- Welcome To al-Shuna, Khirbat at palestineremembered.com
- Khirbat al-Shuna (Haifa), Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons
