Qalunya

Qalunya
قالونيا
Qaluniya, Colonia, Kolonia, Kulόnieh
Qalunya, before 1949
Qalunya, before 1949
Etymology: from the Latin Colonia[1]
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Qalunya is located in Mandatory Palestine
Qalunya
Qalunya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°47′49″N 35°9′46″E / 31.79694°N 35.16278°E / 31.79694; 35.16278
Palestine grid165/133
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictJerusalem
Date of depopulationearly April, 1948,[4]
Area
 • Total4,844 dunams (4.844 km2 or 1.870 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total900[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesMevaseret Zion

Qalunya (Arabic: قالونيا, also transliterated Qaluniya) was a Palestinian village located 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) west of Jerusalem.[5] Prior to the village's destruction in 1948, with the exception of 166 dunams, Qalunya's land was privately owned: 3,594 dunams were owned by Arabs, while 1,084 dunams were owned by Jews.[2][3]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 321
  2. ^ a b c Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 25
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 58
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, village #359. Also gives the cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ "Qalunya". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 18 March 2008.