Al-Mansura | |
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Village | |
Etymology: Building[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°50′16″N 34°51′26″E / 31.83778°N 34.85722°E | |
Palestine grid | 136/138 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Ramle |
Date of depopulation | April 20, 1948[4] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,328 dunams (2.328 km2 or 575 acres) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 90[2][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Al-Mansura was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 10 km south of Ramla. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 20, 1948, under Operation Barak.