Al-Muharraqa

al-Muharraqa
المحرّقة
al-Muharrqah
Etymology: Kh. Muntaret el Baghl: "the ruin of the watch tower of the mule"[1]
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al-Muharraqa is located in Mandatory Palestine
al-Muharraqa
al-Muharraqa
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°28′01″N 34°36′41″E / 31.46694°N 34.61139°E / 31.46694; 34.61139
Palestine grid113/097
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulationMay 25, 1948[4]
Area
 • Total4,855 dunams (4.855 km2 or 1.875 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total580[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesYakhini[5]

Al-Muharraqa (Arabic: المحرّقة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 14.5 kilometers (9.0 mi) east of Gaza city. The village laid on rolling terrain on the southern coastal plain of Palestine, on a bend in the wadi. It had an elevation of 125 meters (410 ft) and a total land area of 4,855 dunams, most of which was public property, while its built-up area of 29 dunams was Arab-owned. Al-Muharraqa was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[5]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 373
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 32
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 46
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, village #367. Also gives cause of depopulation
  5. ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 127