Qalunya
قالونيا Qaluniya, Colonia, Kolonia, Kulόnieh | |
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 Qalunya, before 1949 | |
| Etymology: from the Latin Colonia[1] | |
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  Qalunya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°47′49″N 35°9′46″E / 31.79694°N 35.16278°E | |
| Palestine grid | 165/133 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
| Date of depopulation | early April, 1948,[4] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,844 dunams (4.844 km2 or 1.870 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 900[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Mevaseret Zion |
Qalunya (Arabic: قالونيا, also transliterated Qaluniya) was a Palestinian village located 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) west of Jerusalem.[5] Prior to the village's destruction in 1948, with the exception of 166 dunams, Qalunya's land was privately owned: 3,594 dunams were owned by Arabs, while 1,084 dunams were owned by Jews.[2][3]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 321
- ^ a b c Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 25
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 58
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, village #359. Also gives the cause of depopulation.
- ^ "Qalunya". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 18 March 2008.