Danna, Baysan

Danna
دنه
Etymology: the Amphora[1]
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Danna is located in Mandatory Palestine
Danna
Danna
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°36′47″N 35°28′28″E / 32.61306°N 35.47444°E / 32.61306; 35.47444
Palestine grid194/224
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictBaysan
Date of depopulation28 May 1948[4]
Area
 • Total6,614 dunams (6.614 km2 or 2.554 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total190[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationExpulsion by Yishuv forces

Danna (Arabic: دنه), was a Palestinian village 13 kilometres north of Baysan that was captured by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, and the villagers were expelled.[4]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 160
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
  4. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xvii village #111. Also gives cause of depopulation.