al-Bira
البيرة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Etymology: the fortress[1] | |
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  al-Bira Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°36′29″N 35°30′14″E / 32.60806°N 35.50389°E | |
| Palestine grid | 197/223 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Baysan |
| Date of depopulation | 16 May 1948[4] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,866 dunams (6.866 km2 or 2.651 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 260[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Al-Bira (Arabic: البيرة), is a depopulated former Palestinian village located 7.5 km north of Baysan. During Operation Gideon, the village was occupied by the Golani Brigade. [5]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 160
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii village #112. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ^ al-Bira, PalestineRemembered.com.