Kudna

Kudna
كُدنة
Kidna
Etymology: Kudna (personal name)[1]
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Kudna is located in Mandatory Palestine
Kudna
Kudna
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°38′42″N 34°53′40″E / 31.64500°N 34.89444°E / 31.64500; 34.89444
Palestine grid140/117
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHebron
Date of depopulation22-23 October 1948[4]
Area
 • Total
15,744 dunams (15.744 km2 or 6.079 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
450[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesBeit Nir[5] Britannia Park[6]

Kudna (Arabic: كُدنة, also known to the Crusaders as Kidna) was a Palestinian Arab village, located 25 kilometers northwest of Hebron.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 376
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 23
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Hadawi50 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #321. Also gives cause of depopulation
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Khalidi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Dear Prince William, if you have to go, make it count, Robert Cohen, March 10, 2018, Mondoweiss