Dallata

Dallata
دلاّتة
Etymology: from personal name[1]
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Dallata is located in Mandatory Palestine
Dallata
Dallata
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°01′19″N 35°29′56″E / 33.02194°N 35.49889°E / 33.02194; 35.49889
Palestine grid197/269
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationNot known[4]
Area
[3]
 • Total
9,072 dunams (9.072 km2 or 3.503 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
360[2][3]
Current LocalitiesDalton[5]

Dallata (Arabic: دلاّتة) was an Arab village, located on a hilltop 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) north of Safad. Constructed upon an ancient site, it was known to the Crusaders as Deleha. Dallata was included in the late 16th century Ottoman census and British censuses of the 20th century. Its inhabitants were primarily agriculturalists, with some involved in carpentry or trade.

Dallata was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war on around May 10, 1948 by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. Following the establishment of Israel, the Israeli locality of Dalton was established about 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) southwest of the village site.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 71
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 9
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 69.
  4. ^ According to Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #40.
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 443