Bayt Tima
بيت طيما Beit Tima Batima | |
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| Etymology: The house of Tima[1] | |
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  Bayt Tima Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°37′24″N 34°38′21″E / 31.62333°N 34.63917°E | |
| Palestine grid | 115/114 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | October 18–19, 1948[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,032 dunams (11.032 km2 or 4.259 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,060[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | No settlements on village lands |
Bayt Tima (Arabic: بيت طيما) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 21 kilometers (13 mi) northeast of Gaza and some 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) from the coastline. It was situated in flat terrain on the southern coastal plain of Palestine. Bayt Tima was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Its population in 1945 was 1,060.[5]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p.365
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #305. Also gives cause of depopulation
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.89.