Dayr Sunayd

Dayr Sunayd
دير سنيد
Deir Suneid, Deir Sineid, Der Esned[1]
Etymology: "Monastery of the declivity"[2]
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Dayr Sunayd is located in Mandatory Palestine
Dayr Sunayd
Dayr Sunayd
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°34′28″N 34°33′18″E / 31.57444°N 34.55500°E / 31.57444; 34.55500
Palestine grid107/109
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulationLate October or early November 1948[5]
Area
 • Total6,081 dunams (6.1 km2 or 2.4 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total730[3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesNone

Dayr Sunayd (Arabic: دير سنيد) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) northeast of Gaza. Situated at an elevation of 50 meters (160 ft) along the southern coastal plain of Palestine, Deir Sunayd had a total land area of 6,081 dunams.[6] Prior to its depopulation during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, it had 730 inhabitants in 1945.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Socin152 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 358
  3. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
  4. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
  5. ^ Note that Morris, 2004, p. xix, village No. 313, gives both date and cause of depopulation as "Not known"
  6. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.92.
  7. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.93.