Bayt 'Affa

Bayt 'Affa
بيت عفا
Etymology: The house of Affeh (or chaste)[1]
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Bayt 'Affa is located in Mandatory Palestine
Bayt 'Affa
Bayt 'Affa
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°39′41″N 34°42′24″E / 31.66139°N 34.70667°E / 31.66139; 34.70667
Palestine grid122/118
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulationNot known[4]
Area
 • Total5,808 dunams (5.808 km2 or 2.242 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total700[2][3]

Bayt 'Affa was a Palestinian village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated and destroyed during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 29 km (18 mi) northeast of Gaza and Wadi al-Rana ran east of the village.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 365
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31 Archived 2020-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #303. Morris gives both cause and date for depopulation as "Not known"