Hulayqat

Hulayqat
حليقات
Village
Hulayqat, before 1948
Hulayqat, before 1948
Etymology: the circles[1]
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
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Hulayqat is located in Mandatory Palestine
Hulayqat
Hulayqat
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°36′3″N 34°38′59″E / 31.60083°N 34.64972°E / 31.60083; 34.64972
Palestine grid116/112
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulationMay 12, 1948[4]
Population
 (1945)
 • Total420[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall

Hulayqat was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 20.5 km northeast of Gaza.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 367
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village No. 317. Also gives cause for depopulation