Suba, Jerusalem

Suba
صوبا
Soba, Sobetha, Zova
Remains of the Suba village square and surrounding buildings, formerly the Belmont Castle courtyard
Remains of the Suba village square and surrounding buildings, formerly the Belmont Castle courtyard
Etymology: The heap[1]
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Suba, Jerusalem (click the buttons)
Suba is located in Mandatory Palestine
Suba
Suba
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°47′5″N 35°7′34″E / 31.78472°N 35.12611°E / 31.78472; 35.12611
Palestine grid162/132
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictJerusalem
Date of depopulation13 July 1948[4]
Area
 • Total4,102 dunams (4.102 km2 or 1.584 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total620[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesTzova[5]
The Belmont hill and on it the remains of Suba village and the castle. In the background - Kibbutz Tzova

Suba (Arabic: صوبا, romanizedṢūbā) was a Palestinian Arab village west of Jerusalem that was depopulated and destroyed in 1948. The site of the village lies on the summit of a conical hill called Tel Tzova (Hebrew: תל צובה), or Jabal Suba, rising 769 meters above sea level, and it was built on the ruins of a Crusader castle.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 329
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, 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 #353. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xxi, settlement #32.