Burayka

Burayka
بريكة
Bureika,[1] Ibraikeh[2]
Village
Etymology: The little pool[3]
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Burayka is located in Mandatory Palestine
Burayka
Burayka
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°33′29″N 34°58′32″E / 32.55806°N 34.97556°E / 32.55806; 34.97556
Palestine grid148/213
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulationMay 5, 1948[1]
Area
[5]
 • Total
11,434 dunams (11.434 km2 or 4.415 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
290[4][5]
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall

Burayka was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 5, 1948. It was located 29 km south of Haifa.

  1. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #161. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Barron was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 146
  4. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 13
  5. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 47