al-Muharraqa
المحرّقة al-Muharrqah | |
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| Etymology: Kh. Muntaret el Baghl: "the ruin of the watch tower of the mule"[1] | |
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  al-Muharraqa Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°28′01″N 34°36′41″E / 31.46694°N 34.61139°E | |
| Palestine grid | 113/097 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | May 25, 1948[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,855 dunams (4.855 km2 or 1.875 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 580[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Yakhini[5] |
Al-Muharraqa (Arabic: المحرّقة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 14.5 kilometers (9.0 mi) east of Gaza city. The village laid on rolling terrain on the southern coastal plain of Palestine, on a bend in the wadi. It had an elevation of 125 meters (410 ft) and a total land area of 4,855 dunams, most of which was public property, while its built-up area of 29 dunams was Arab-owned. Al-Muharraqa was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[5]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 373
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 32
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 46
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, village #367. Also gives cause of depopulation
- ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 127