Al-Damun

Al-Damun
الدامون
Damun[1]
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Al-Damun is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Damun
Al-Damun
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°52′37″N 35°10′59″E / 32.87694°N 35.18306°E / 32.87694; 35.18306
Palestine grid167/254
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictAcre
Date of depopulation15–16 July 1948[4]
Area
 • Total20,357 dunams (20.4 km2 or 7.9 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total1,310[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces

Al-Damun (Arabic: الدامون, al-Dâmûn), was a Palestinian Arab village located 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) from the city of Acre that was depopulated during 1948 Arab-Israeli war. In 1945, the village had 1,310 inhabitants, most of whom were Muslim and the remainder Christians. Al-Damun bordered the al-Na'amin River (Belus River), which the village's inhabitants used as a source of irrigation and drinking water from installed wells.[5]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 108
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 40 Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #90. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Khalidi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).