Qaqun
قاقون Quaquo, Caco, Chaco, Kâkôn, Kakoun | |
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Etymology: from personal name[2] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°21′36″N 34°59′43″E / 32.36000°N 34.99528°E | |
Palestine grid | 149/196 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
Date of depopulation | 5 June 1948[5] |
Area | |
• Total | 41,767 dunams (41.767 km2 or 16.126 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,970[3][4] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | HaMa'apil,[6] Gan Yoshiya,[6] Ometz,[6] ´Olesh,[6] Haniel,[6] Yikon[6] |
Qaqun (Arabic: قاقون) was a Palestinian Arab village located 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) northwest of the city of Tulkarm at the only entrance to Mount Nablus from the coastal Sharon plain.[7]
Evidence of organized settlement in Qaqun dates back to the period of Assyrian rule in the region. Ruins of a Crusader and Mamluk castle still stand at the site.[8] Qaqun was continuously inhabited by Arabs since at least as early as the Mamluk period[8] and was depopulated during a military assault by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.