Khirbat Al-Dumun

Al-Dumun
خربة الدامون
Khirbet al Damun[1]
Damon prison, 2010
Damon prison, 2010
Etymology: Duweimîn, the little dôm trees, a kind of Zizyphus[2]
1870s map
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modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
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Al-Dumun is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Dumun
Al-Dumun
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°43′58″N 35°01′20″E / 32.73278°N 35.02222°E / 32.73278; 35.02222
Palestine grid152/237
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulationApril 30, 1948[1]
Area
 • Total2,797 dunams (2.797 km2 or 1.080 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total340[3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulationFear of being caught up in the fighting
Secondary causeMilitary assault by Yishuv forces

Al-Dumun (Arabic: الدامون) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 30, 1948. It was located 10.5 km southeast of Haifa.

  1. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xviii village #384. Also gives causes of depopulation
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 109
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 14
  4. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 48