Khirbat al-Buwayra

Khirbat al-Buwayra
خربة البويرة
Village
Etymology: the little pit[1]
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Khirbat al-Buwayra is located in Mandatory Palestine
Khirbat al-Buwayra
Khirbat al-Buwayra
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°52′27″N 35°00′52″E / 31.87417°N 35.01444°E / 31.87417; 35.01444
Palestine grid151/142
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationJuly 15, 1948
Population
 (1945)
 • Total190[2][3]

Khirbat al-Buwayra was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 15, 1948, under the second phase of Operation Dani. It was located 15 km southeast of Ramla.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 292
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 67