Arab Suqrir

'Arab Suqrir
عرب صقرير
'Arab Abu Suwayrih,[1] Abu Sweirah[2]
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'Arab Suqrir is located in Mandatory Palestine
'Arab Suqrir
'Arab Suqrir
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°49′31″N 34°39′28″E / 31.82528°N 34.65778°E / 31.82528; 34.65778
Palestine grid121/136
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulation25 May 1948[5]
Area
[4]
 • Total40,224 dunams (40.224 km2 or 15.531 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total390[3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesBnei Darom[6] Netivot[7] Nir Galim,[1][8] Ashdod[1]

'Arab Suqrir (Arabic: عرب صقرير) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 38 kilometers (24 mi) northeast of Gaza in a flat area with an elevation of 25 meters (82 ft) along the coastal plain just north of Isdud. The total land area of the village was 40,224 dunams, of which 12,270 was Arab-owned, while the remainder was public property. In 1931, it had a population of 530, decreasing to 390 in 1945. It was destroyed and depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Khalidi, 1992, p. 80
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Census1931 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
  4. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
  5. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #254. Also gives the cause of depopulation
  6. ^ Petersen, 2001, p. 287
  7. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xxi, settlement #77
  8. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xxii, settlement #130