Lazzaza

Lazzaza
لزّازة
Village
Etymology: “fastening”,[1]
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Lazzaza is located in Mandatory Palestine
Lazzaza
Lazzaza
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°12′21″N 35°36′42″E / 33.20583°N 35.61167°E / 33.20583; 35.61167
Palestine grid207/290
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationMay 21, 1948[4]
Area
 • Total1,586 dunams (1.586 km2 or 392 acres)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total230[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationWhispering campaign
Current LocalitiesBeit Hillel.

Lazzaza (Arabic: لزّازة, transliterated as Lazzâza) was a Palestinian Arab village of 230 in the northern Hula Valley next to the Hasbani River, located 27.5 kilometers (17.1 mi) northwest of Safad.[5] Beit Hillel subsequently expanded onto the land.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 29
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 10
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 70
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #8. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.469.