Khirbat Umm Burj
خربة أم برج | |
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 Khirbat Umm Burj (ruined house) | |
| Etymology: the mother of the tower [1] | |
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  Khirbat Umm Burj Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°38′12″N 34°58′11″E / 31.63667°N 34.96972°E | |
| Palestine grid | 147/115 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Hebron |
| Date of depopulation | Not known[4] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13,083 dunams (13.083 km2 or 5.051 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 140[2][3] |
| Current Localities | Nehusha[5] |
Khirbat Umm Burj was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, sometimes designated in modern maps as Burgin.[6] Its ruins are today located within the borders of Israel. It occupied an extensive site, stretching about 30 dunams (7.4 acres) on the crest of a hill, rising some 430 metres (1,410 ft) above sea level, and commanding a good prospect of the surrounding region. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on October 28, 1948, during the third stage of Operation Yo'av under the command of Yigal Allon. The site is located 17 km northwest of Hebron.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 408
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 23
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 50
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix village #326. Morris gives both cause and date of depopulation as "Not known".
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 224
- ^ In the Topographical Map (Map # 9, Jerusalem Corridor) published by Israel's Nature Protection Society, the site is listed as Ḥurvat Burjin.