Sarafand al-Kharab

This article is about the former village in Ramle Sub-district. For the other nearby former village, see Sarafand al-Amar. For the former village in Haifa Sub-district, see Al-Sarafand. For Sarafand in Lebanon near ancient Sarepta, see Sarepta.
Sarafand al-Kharab
صرفند الخراب
Etymology: Kh Surafend; the ruin of Surafend[1]
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Sarafand al-Kharab is located in Mandatory Palestine
Sarafand al-Kharab
Sarafand al-Kharab
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°56′11″N 34°48′20″E / 31.93639°N 34.80556°E / 31.93639; 34.80556
Palestine grid131/149
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationApril 20, 1948[4]
Area
[5]
 • Total
5,503 dunams (5.503 km2 or 2.125 sq mi)
 —3,545 Arab-owned, 1,611 Jewish-owned, 347 public lands
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
1,040[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationFear of being caught up in the fighting
Current LocalitiesNess Ziona[6]

Sarafand al-Kharab (Arabic: صرفند الخراب) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 50 meters (160 ft) above sea level, 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) west of Ramla, in the area that is today northeast of Ness Ziona.[7]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 215
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 68
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #234. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 117
  6. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 413
  7. ^ "Sarafand al-Kharab". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 2009-08-12.