Bayt Tima

Bayt Tima
بيت طيما
Beit Tima
Batima
Etymology: The house of Tima[1]
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Bayt Tima is located in Mandatory Palestine
Bayt Tima
Bayt Tima
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°37′24″N 34°38′21″E / 31.62333°N 34.63917°E / 31.62333; 34.63917
Palestine grid115/114
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulationOctober 18–19, 1948[4]
Area
[3]
 • Total
11,032 dunams (11.032 km2 or 4.259 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
1,060[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesNo 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]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p.365
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #305. Also gives cause of depopulation
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.89.