Farwana

Farwana
فرونه
Khirbet Farwana, Rohob, Rehob, Tel Rehov
Etymology: Tellûl Farwanah, the mounds of Farwannah, p.n.[1]
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Farwana is located in Mandatory Palestine
Farwana
Farwana
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°27′47″N 35°29′37″E / 32.46306°N 35.49361°E / 32.46306; 35.49361
Palestine grid196/207
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictBaysan
Date of depopulation11 May 1948[4]
Area
[3]
 • Total
4,996 dunams (4.996 km2 or 1.929 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
330[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities Rechov[5] Chawwat Eden[5]

Farwana (Arabic: فرونه), was a Palestinian village, located 4.5 kilometers (2.8 mi) south of Bisan, depopulated in 1948.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 170
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii village #128. Also give cause for depopulation
  5. ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 47