Wadi Hunayn
وادي حنين | |
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Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°55′39″N 34°47′43″E / 31.92750°N 34.79528°E | |
Palestine grid | 130/148 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Ramle |
Date of depopulation | 17 April 1948[2] |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,620[1] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Current Localities | Israel Institute for Biological Research,[3][4] Nes Tziyyona, |
Wadi Hunayn (Arabic: وادي حنين) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 9 km west of Ramla. According to a local tradition, it was named after the Yemeni home of the Qada'a tribe who settled here in the early Islamic period.[5]