Al-Jura, Jerusalem

Al-Jura
الجورة
a ruined house, one of the last remains of the village
a ruined house, one of the last remains of the village
Etymology: The water hole[1]
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Jura, Jerusalem (click the buttons)
Al-Jura is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Jura
Al-Jura
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°45′25″N 35°08′56″E / 31.75694°N 35.14889°E / 31.75694; 35.14889
Palestine grid164/129
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictJerusalem
Date of depopulationNot known[4]
Area
 • Total4,158 dunams (4.158 km2 or 1.605 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total420[2][3]
Current LocalitiesOra[5]
el Jurah in the 1870s

Al-Jura (el Jurah) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 11, 1948, under Operation Danny. It was located 8.5 km west of Jerusalem. al-Jura was mostly destroyed with the exception of several deserted houses.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 296
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 25
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 57 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, village #355. Gives both cause and date of depopulation as "Not known".
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 298