Burayr
برير Bureir Ibreir | |
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| Etymology: "The little wilderness"[1] | |
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  Burayr Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°34′14″N 34°38′29″E / 31.57056°N 34.64139°E | |
| Palestine grid | 116/108 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | May 12, 1948[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 46,184 dunams (46.1 km2 or 17.8 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 2,740[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Bror Hayil,[5][6] Tlamim,[6] Zohar,[6] Sde David,[6] Heletz[6] |
Burayr (Arabic: برير) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, 18 kilometers (11 mi) northeast of Gaza City. Its population in 1945 was 2,740 and it was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war as part of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. It had an average elevation of 100 meters (330 ft).
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 367
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village No. 318. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, settlement No. 6.
- ^ a b c d e Khalidi, 1992, p. 92