Dimra
دمره | |
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 Farmers of Dimra winnowing their corn crop, 1941 | |
| Etymology: Tumrah; personal name. Also called Beit Dimreh, "by the peasantry"[4] | |
.jpg) 1870s map .jpg) 1940s map.jpg) modern map .jpg) 1940s with modern overlay mapA series of historical maps of the area around Dimra (click the buttons) | |
  Dimra Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°33′32″N 34°34′2″E / 31.55889°N 34.56722°E | |
| Palestine grid | 108/107 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | early November 1948[7] |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,492 dunams (8.5 km2 or 3.3 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 520[5][6] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Current Localities | Erez[8] |
Dimra (Arabic: دمره) was a small Arab village located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) northeast of Gaza City in British Palestine.[2][9] Ancient remains at the site attest to a long-time human settlement there;[citation needed] during the Mamluk era, the town was the home of the Bani Jabir tribe. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and is now the site of Erez, a kibbutz in Israel.
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 118
- ^ a b Sharon, 2004, pp. 138-141
- ^ Thomson, 1860, p. 356.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 363
- ^ 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 #314. Also gives cause of depopulation
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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