Huj, Gaza

Huj
هوج
al-Hug, Hojj, Houg
Huj in 1948
Huj in 1948
Etymology: Possibly named after the prophet Og[1]
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Huj is located in Mandatory Palestine
Huj
Huj
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°30′41″N 34°37′21″E / 31.51139°N 34.62250°E / 31.51139; 34.62250
Palestine grid114/102
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulationMay 31, 1948[4]
Area
 • Total21,988 dunams (22.9 km2 or 8.8 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total810[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesDorot[5] Havat Shikmim

Huj (Arabic: هوج) was a Palestinian Arab village located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) northeast of Gaza City. Identified as the site of the ancient Philistine town of Oga,[6] the modern village was founded by the Ottomans in the early 19th century.

Situated in a hilly area on the northern edge of the Negev Desert, it was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 367,377
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. XX, village #366. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 103
  6. ^ Oga - (Huj) Studium Biblicum Franciscanum - Jerusalem. 2000-12-19.